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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 7855249, member: 37&quot;]No problem.&nbsp; After I posted, I began to second-guess myself.&nbsp; It seems that the word <i>plateado</i> can mean silver and plated is actually, <i>chapado</i>.&nbsp; I have never seen the word, <i>chapado</i> on Mexican silver.&nbsp; In common usage, Mexican siversmiths use <i>plata</i> for siver and <i>plateado</i> for siver plated.&nbsp; Standards demand a numerical designation for purity on solid silver items. </p><p><br /></p><p>Standards were introduced in 1948, so I suppose that if this were older, <i>plateado</i> could mean silver of a standard below sterling (.925).&nbsp; I can find no indication that this is the case in common usage but suppose it remains a possibility.&nbsp; Prior to 1948, items were generally marked sterling or silver with a fineness numerations.&nbsp; Ironically, these markings were usually in English.&nbsp; Small silver items were sometimes unmarked.&nbsp; I am not finding information on your maker so there is not sufficient information about their marking conventions prior to 1948. I do see some items where they adopted the 1948 conventions that were used until about 1970.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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