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gold wash on silver - when did this practice start ?

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 11:53 am
by samtron76df
wonder if anyone knows when the practice of putting gold wash on silver flatware started. does it go way back to the 17th century or before, or is there a specific period when it started ? tks

Re: gold wash on silver - when did this practice start ?

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 2:41 pm
by AG2012
Hi,
Gilded silver existed since antiquity (Ancient Egypt and Greece).Cannot tell exactly for flatware, but must be the same.
Regards

Re: gold wash on silver - when did this practice start ?

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:19 am
by samtron76df
thank you for the info.