Why is Silver Plating So Underrated? The Deep End.

Strap in for this in depth look at gold and silver plating methods, how to identify them (or not) and my take on why silver plating is considered underrated by collections professionals, collectors and the market forces. PS. I realise I don't talk about the English technique of "close plating" in this video. That's sort of a bummer. Do you know a good source for this technique? I would love to read more about it! A huge thank you to Wille Larsson (www.willelarsson.com) for the awesome logotype! LITERATURE Argenter / L’Encyclopedie / ARTFL [https://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/philo...] Argenter Planche / L’Encyclopedie / ARTFL [https://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/philo...] Barkman, Antonia. "Tulihopeointi - hopeoidut metallityöt." Suomen antiikkiesineet - Renessanssista rokokoohon. Ed. Kari-Paavo Kokki. Porvoo: WSOY. Gilding of St. Isaac’s Cathedral [https://web.archive.org/web/201310231...] Giumlia-Mair, Alessandra & Iv, Yasunosuke & Ota, Ken'ichi. (2014). Mercury Gilding in Today’s Japan: An Amalgam of Old and New. ISIJ International. 54. 1106-1110. 10.2355/isijinternational.54.1106. [https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...] Dorure / L’Encyclopedie [https://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/philo...] Dorure Planche / L’Encyclopedie / ARTFL [https://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/philo...] La-Niece, Susan. Metal Plating and Patination. 2013. [https://books.google.fi/books?id=Xgsh...] Mercury silvering [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury...] Mercury poisoning [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury...] Ormolu [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormolu] Tunander, Britt. 1979. Antikvitetslexikon. Stockholm: Natur och Kultur. Watt, Alexander. Electro-deposition, A Practical Treatise on the Electrolysis of Gold, Silver, Copper, Nickel, and Other Metals, and Alloys, with Descriptions of Voltaic Batteries, Magneto and Dynamo-electric Machines, Thermopiles, and of the Materials and Processes Used in Every Department of the Art and Several Chapters on Electrometallurgy [https://play.google.com/books/reader?...] ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE Argenter Planche / L’Encyclopedie / ARTFL [https://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/philo...] Dorure Planche / L’Encyclopedie / ARTFL [https://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/philo...] St. Isaac’s Cathedral, SteveInLeighton, CC-SA 2.0 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...] St. Isaac’s Cathedral, W. Bulach, CC-SA 4.0 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...] A gilt bronze figure of Buddha, Thailand, early 20th Century [https://www.bukowskis.com/en/lots/846...] CH Hallberg kaffeservis nysilver [https://online.auktionsverket.se/2011...] Kaffeservis silver [https://online.auktionsverket.se/1802...] Kultaseppä H.G. Lindströmin työhuone - hopeakannua lasketaan altaaseen galvanoitavaksi, Pietinen (Pietisen / Historian kokoelma / Suomen kansallismuseo) CC BY 4.0 [https://museovirasto.finna.fi/Record/...] Paja Turun lähellä. Ekman, R. W., Edlund, G. W. & Tilgmann, F. (Historian kuvakokoelma / Museovirasto) CC BY 4.0 [https://museovirasto.finna.fi/Record/...] Tissander, Gaston. L’Eau. 1869. [https://books.google.fi/books?id=EWo8...] STOCK FOOTAGE & FX https://mixkit.co/free-stock-video/pr... https://www.pexels.com/video/repetiti... "Bell, Counter, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org “sanding.wav” by personum (https://freesound.org/people/personum...) ARTEFAX LOGO The incredible Wille Larsson (www.willelarsson.com)