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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 150815, member: 111&quot;]Eh, I&#039;ve given up on trying to explain the difference between &#039;overlay&#039; and &#039;deposit&#039;, &#039;silver overlay&#039; seems to have become the generic term for all the various forms.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The earliest patent that seemed to be put into widespread use for silver deposit on glass (ceramic glaze also being glass) by electrodeposition was Thiery &amp; Croselmire&#039;s #333697, issued in 1886, their technique, which involved applying a metallic flux before plating the object and cutting away silver for the design, was also used on ivory and staghorn.&nbsp; The 1892 Scharling/Wymble patent, #472230, improved on the technique by simplifying it and enabling an attractive white reverse - Alvin acquired the rights to that patent in 1895.&nbsp; Later, the metallic flux was hand-painted or transferred onto the glass or ceramic and then fired before electroplating.</p><p><br /></p><p>All that said, this looks to me like Rockwell&#039;s &#039;Wild Rose&#039; on a good quality glass - will leave it to the glassies, but I might look at Steuben...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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