Featured Help Id Silver plaque with coat of arms engraved

Ok thanks so much

 

the ones with stones and different acids are better than the electric ones. but try it first with an item you know what it is - to get a feeling for the process.

 

Ok thanks for the info

 

This brain/nerve damaged person agrees. I always dread going up or down stairs without a railing. If the video is meant to be an illustration of a supposed lack of mental capacity, I am a total idiot.
Btw, the tall dark-haired man talking to Juncker towards the end of the video is our Dutch PM.

 

The most important thing is, never put the liquid directly onto the metal, but scratch the silver on the stone and put the liquid on the stripe on the stone.
The directions are given in the thread I gave before. It may have gotten lost somewhere between scammers and EU politics (related), so here it is again:
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/recommendations-for-testing-kits-please.18018/#post-246387

 

Yes yes i got it, thanks a lot, asap I'll do the silver test

 

the official EC-newspeak is that he has a problem with his blood sugar values. the inofficial rumours have it that he has no values at all but needs at least a bottle of cognac and some bottles of wine to keep him "going"...
is Wilders coloring his hair dark now ?

 

Hello
I've ordered the silver acid tester with the related stone
When the parcel will arrive I'll test it and I'll update you all.
In the meantime thanks so much to you all.

 

Hello all,
I'm really new here, i would like to post some questions if possible
About my shopping next Rome auction houses of June and July i bought this Salha but also large ancient Satsuma vases, old porcelain dolls, bronze Centerpiece, big Indian Batiks, polychrome Indonesian carved wood panels, big copper medals, old porcelain plates, old mirrors, jewelry, old bronze sculptures, etc.
Many of these items need identification and dating.

Can I post them one by one next appropriate categories of this forum ?

Will i find you all also in the other categories?

With which frequency can i post a new thread,, respecting the space of others? One per week ?

Thanks you all for the replies

Gianluca

 

Yes, it would be good to post separately in appropriate forums here. Many of us check all of the forums. There are probably a few people who only check the forums that are of most interest to them, also. But you should get many views in all of the forums here.

 

Post whatever you like, whenever you like. Posting in the appropriate forums will get the most eyes on them.
You mention some fields I am interested in, so you will probably see me around when you post those items. I am looking forward.

 

@i need help @Figtree3 @Any Jewelry

Thanks for the replies

Ok, I'll take asap photos.

It'll be a great pleasure for me to learn by your expertise sharing several interesting items.

Have a great weekend

Gianluca

 

Hello,

i have posted a new thread in the porcelain category,
regarding an old big oriental vase, height 47 cm, trimmed with gold, samurai paintings, a very interesting item .
My friends, it will be a pleasure for me to find you all there, helping me to Id and dating it .
See you later

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-id-and-date-an-old-big-oriental-vase-signed.30003/

 

And also, today will arrive the silver tester, i'll update you also about silver purity of the Salha

 

@i need help @Figtree3 @Any Jewelry @Fid

Update : Silver purity

Hello, i did the test, ( over the WC, excuse me about it ) i post the related photos .
What do you think ?
Acid is dark yellow in the bottle, and after i put it over the silver,
I can see that it changed soon color, a dark red without flash and a brightness red with flash .
Thanks for your replies

 

You always have to look at it in daylight, a flash changes the colour. I always look at the drop sideways, in front of a window.
But it changed colour from yellow to red, so it is silver, as it says on the bottle. And as I would expect from an item like this.
If it was blood red in daylight it is sterling (.925) or close to it. Lower finenesses can give a brownish red. Older Libyan silver, and old Berber silver in general, is usually .800-.900 fineness.

 

Yes, it's a blood red in the daylight

I'm so happy about it, so it should be .900 i guess .
Thanks so much for your reply, finally i can resell it :-D

 

Yay!