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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9567897, member: 111"]This is a mid 20th century cameo demi-parure that I've owned for around 45 years, it was always shiny with unremovable dark pits in the finish, finally my jeweler told me it was as marked, 14K gold, but yellow gold plated with rhodium, and under strong magnification those dark spots reveal the gold. With the cameos, removable of the rhodium plating wasn't really a possibility, so while still attractive enough to wear, those spots on the bit too reflective surface just kind of irk me:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]459064[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did some research on rhodium plating years ago, and again, though it might have been done after-market many decades ago, or <i>possibly</i> used by a few small jobbers, it was not an industry norm, and was/is not "very often" or commonly used on silver tableware because it's unsuitable, impractical, and not cost-effective.</p><p><br /></p><p>Excerpts from a 1940 metals trade publication (apologies for the image quality):</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]459208[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]459209[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9567897, member: 111"]This is a mid 20th century cameo demi-parure that I've owned for around 45 years, it was always shiny with unremovable dark pits in the finish, finally my jeweler told me it was as marked, 14K gold, but yellow gold plated with rhodium, and under strong magnification those dark spots reveal the gold. With the cameos, removable of the rhodium plating wasn't really a possibility, so while still attractive enough to wear, those spots on the bit too reflective surface just kind of irk me: [ATTACH=full]459064[/ATTACH] I did some research on rhodium plating years ago, and again, though it might have been done after-market many decades ago, or [I]possibly[/I] used by a few small jobbers, it was not an industry norm, and was/is not "very often" or commonly used on silver tableware because it's unsuitable, impractical, and not cost-effective. Excerpts from a 1940 metals trade publication (apologies for the image quality): [ATTACH=full]459208[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]459209[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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