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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 9864686, member: 111&quot;]Doesn&#039;t really make a difference anymore, the &#039;silver overlay&#039; term is common usage now, but the distinctions that seem to have developed over the years just aren&#039;t right, regardless of when it was made, or the thickness or if it&#039;s engraved or not, the silver was added to the glass or other material through electrodeposition, just as plating on metal is done.&nbsp; I have hundreds of ads, articles, etc. from the 1890s through the mid 20th century that refer to it as &#039;silver deposit&#039;, somewhere around the &#039;50s, &#039;silver deposit&#039; seemed to go out of use, often replaced in ads as &#039;silver on crystal&#039;, and other descriptions.&nbsp; Here are a few pages of ads posted by Trev on 925-1000: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49285" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49285" rel="nofollow">https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49285</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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