1first identify whether silverware

1 see hardness: the hardness of silverware was low, easy to deformation, imitation products are hard.

2. Weight: the weight is heavy silver imitation.

3see color: silver white really shiny, soft, after a long time will turn black, imitation is not black.

4burned with fire: Fire silver will turn black, imitation copper or aluminum alloy is not. Silver plated products a long time will reveal the "true color".

2second differential is to have the old silver

1 see wear: had worn and old silver jewelry is worn, the degree of wear and tear or light or heavy, and counterfeit products were no wear. Is the most important basis for identification. Imitation can imitation black rust, but cannot imitate the wear degree.

2 see black rust: old silver surface is also known as" black rust patina". Long silver will turn black, used the toothpaste can be washed off, and the imitation of black rust easily fall off, will stick in the hand. This is not as important basis, because a lot of the old silver jewelry to is washed white or other long-term wear off, so there is no black rust, but still has a degree of wear.

3 see patterns: various times and in different regions of the silver pattern is different, this requires some experience to identify.

4 see armorial: generally from the old regular jewelry silverware with the jewelry shop, but is incomplete; the other is a considerable number of individual artists, they carry a tool in order to manufacture every kind of people of all ethnic groups, the silver jewelry, silver jewelry without these knowledge, technology is quite good, and even some silverware than formal jewelry more delicate.

3 judge silver fineness slag notch: see the silver jewelry transverse cut half of the slag notch, see color. Slag notch snow Ling white cotton, quality of about 98%; the bending is hard, white with grey or ballast have tiny red, fineness of around 90%; bending hard slag notch, reddish, yellowish, brown color, fineness of about 70%; the slag notch with red, black, yellow with black, condition in about 60%. A verse goes: nine nine silver, young canvass, white; nine eight silver, fine ash check, white; nine seven silver, pork liver, micro Huangkou; nine six silver, crude ash, micro Huangkou; nine five silver, ashes, micro Huangkou; nine four silver, ashes, more red, micro in nine three silver,; blue and white check, the check; nine two silver, white, black in the eyes, bright in nine one; silver, white, in nine; silver, butter yellow, black in the eye; eight or nine silver, yellow check, the check; eight eight silver, yellow, black in the eye; eight seven silver, old yellow check the; eight six, silver, yellow check, blackish in the eye; eight five silver, yellow, red in the eyes, heart of chrysanthemum. The old folk as silverware silver material fineness in more than 80%. The folk craftsmen are also commonly used silver and copper and other metal alloys to silver production, this can make the silver physical properties improved, color change, achieve more ideal effect, so the selection of old silver is not necessarily to choose condition in nine into above, major is elected to do work, choose style, choose the most his eye edge.