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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 2500270, member: 111"]'Pure Silver' is used like we'd use 'Solid Silver' for the various qualities of alloyed silver, wouldn't be 'Fine Silver' for your pieces - worked silver from India usually ranges from .800 to .990, and can be somewhat, ummm, inexact, so without accurate testing, hard to tell...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a 'Pure Silver' glass in .800 fineness:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267418[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 'Pure Silver' piece below is offered as,</p><ul> <li>"DESCRIPTION: Made using 99% pure silver with established quality standards.</li> <li>MATERIAL: The glass is wholly made of Silver only. Silver Purity: 97%-99%",</li> </ul><p>so supposedly somewhere between .970 and .990 fineness...</p><p><br /></p><p>Also found a review on this seller stating that the BIS (Bureau of India Standards) mark was not present, "I have purchased this product because they had wriiteen, it is BIS hallmarked. But there is no BIS hallmarked on silver glass."</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267426[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 2500270, member: 111"]'Pure Silver' is used like we'd use 'Solid Silver' for the various qualities of alloyed silver, wouldn't be 'Fine Silver' for your pieces - worked silver from India usually ranges from .800 to .990, and can be somewhat, ummm, inexact, so without accurate testing, hard to tell... Here is a 'Pure Silver' glass in .800 fineness: [ATTACH=full]267418[/ATTACH] The 'Pure Silver' piece below is offered as, [LIST] [*]"DESCRIPTION: Made using 99% pure silver with established quality standards. [*]MATERIAL: The glass is wholly made of Silver only. Silver Purity: 97%-99%", [/LIST] so supposedly somewhere between .970 and .990 fineness... Also found a review on this seller stating that the BIS (Bureau of India Standards) mark was not present, "I have purchased this product because they had wriiteen, it is BIS hallmarked. But there is no BIS hallmarked on silver glass." [ATTACH=full]267426[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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