is it sterling?

how do you test an item for sterling as opposed to plate silver ?

Answer #1

drop it in a graduated cylinder filled with 10mL of water, and mark how much the water level goes up when you drop it in. then weight it. it should weight around10.5g for every mL it displaced

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