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. It should be remembered that silversmiths use Troy weight:

1 pound = 12 ounces
1 ounce = 20 pennyweights (dwts.)
1 dwt. = 24 grains

Pieces of old silver often have the weight engraved on the underside. The same weights are used for gold, and the quality of the metal is given in carats; which refer to the proportion of pure gold present out of a total of twenty-four parts. Thus, the expression 18-carat gold means that a piece is made from metal composed of eighteen parts of pure gold with six of alloy; 9-carat has nine parts of gold and fifteen of alloy, and so forth.

There are severe penalties for forging marks and for selling unmarked or false silver, but occasional fakes are found. In the nineteenth century it was fashionable to take plain pieces of earlier period and ornament them with embossing and engraving
Posted by ayounghather | 2011-12-22 04:39:47  (Report)

she needs to get some sun.
Posted by anonymous | 2011-12-15 17:19:58  (Report)

Jayme you have some cute little bumps on your chest !!
Posted by anonymous | 2011-12-15 04:17:05  (Report)

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