Earring help. Is there such thing as rose sterling?

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by tyeldom3, Oct 6, 2014.

  1. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    I am really lighting up the board today, LOL:cat:
    A real long shot here to try and show what I'm talking about, because I can't get it to show up in pictures :(
    Just finished cleaning these earrings that are marked sterling. They were very heavily tarnished, and now that they are cleaner, I am seeing a rose colored tint only to the leaves on the front of them. Any thoughts, pretty please?!
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  2. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    No, any alloy of silver that I know of still looks like silver.

    Could be silver gilt.
     
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  3. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Could be sterling silver with rose gold plate ?
     
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  4. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

    I know Coro used to do that on some of their pins/brooches.
     
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  5. mymysharona43

    mymysharona43 Well-Known Member

    with the nice bezel set stones I would have them checked, could be gold....
     
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  6. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

    But probably not, since they are marked Sterling.
    :)
     
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  7. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Thanks so much Messi, Davey, Sharona and Af :kiss::)
    I tried to gold test, but it's really hard because the leaf areas are not sticking up enough to get a good sample on the stone. But, from what I was able to do, those areas were testing for 14k. That could be plating though. Rose colored gold plating would make sense, and I didnt think about that. But maybe it is gold, and marked underneath somewhere I can't see it? Would, or could it be marked in 2 different areas?
    Sharona thanks for the term bezel set....I didn't know that. I learn so much from you wonderful people.
     
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  8. Ladybranch

    Ladybranch Well-Known Member

    The bases and the stone settings are probably the sterling, and the leaves gold, rose gold. I have seen combination gold and sterling vintage to Victorian jewelry. Is the word "sterling" stamped only on the bases?

    --- Susan
     
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  9. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Thank you Susan, much appreciated. :cat: It's stamped on the back of the screw for the clip on.
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  10. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Victorian revival maybe. That's a 50s design overall. The stones are likely glass; the often were in 50s sterling.
     
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  11. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Thank you evelyb :cat: Much appreciated
     
  12. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    The word for silver covered with gold is vermeil (pronounced ver-may). I don't know whether this qualifies but didn't see that mentioned so thought that I would.

    Fig
     
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  13. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Thank you fig :cat: Much appreciated. I've read the word before, but never knew it was pronounced that way:shame:
     
  14. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Ver May Ve Find Vermeil ? :D
     
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