Costume Jewelry?- now w/ pics

uglymailman · Sep 25, 2011

Found a bracelet (sorry no pics). Made of metal w/ 101 oval Garnette's. Has 2 marks one is 925 and one is CL or C1. The marks are so small I don't know how I could get them to show up in a pic.
What is the 925 mark? Did I find gold or just a pretty costume bracelet? Thanks for any help.

SeaninNH · Sep 25, 2011

Re: Costume Jewelry?

925 is 92.5% silver. I don't know what the CL is. I'd assume the makers mark.

creeper71 · Sep 25, 2011

Re: Costume Jewelry?

uglymailman said:
Found a bracelet (sorry no pics). Made of metal w/ 101 oval Garnette's. Has 2 marks one is 925 and one is CL or C1. The marks are so small I don't know how I could get them to show up in a pic.
What is the 925 mark? Did I find gold or just a pretty costume bracelet? Thanks for any help.

Most cameras have a Macro icon.. that is to take pics of very small items an show full detail without losing any detail... 925 is sterling silver... pics would be need to be sure cause alot of Chinese an mexican imported stuff is marked 925 but really it is a silver plate over a base metal

bradyboy · Sep 25, 2011

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Not we can do anything without a pic
Pictures are verything here - with a few exceptions.
Brady

nova treasure · Sep 25, 2011

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CL (which stands for CLAD) merely means that the sterling silver jewelry is plated with another metal.
Sterling silver jewelry is often coated with a thin layer of rhodium, which preserves the silver and adds to the precious metal's natural luster.

Bill