Gold vermeil can be made with gold of varying purity, but in the U.S., there is a minimum requirement: To be considered vermeil, a piece needs to be plated with gold that is at least 10 karats (which corresponds to approximately 42% gold content). Further, U.S. regulations state that...
A vermeil piecemight not be explicitly marked with a stamp indicating that the jewelry is plated with gold, but if you see a stamp denoting astandard silver purity valueon a gold surface, then it is very likely that the piece has a silver core. For example, the mark “925” stands for...
I have both a vermeil MB 146 and a gold plate over brass and I defy you to say which is which holding them in your hand. Except that I paid a couple of hundred for one and a thousand for the other, and that was a long way back. Hi Everyone, The thing about plating is it u...