Silver Jewelry Pendant ?
Q: Could you tell me anything about this pendant from my web site.
I only know it's from Mexico and is sterling silver.
A:-It may have come to you from Mexico, but it's almost certainly Siamese,
from the 1940's, maybe 1950's. Fairly common. Popular GI trinket during
WWII.
-In this case, probably what it means in Mexico.
Or in Siam, for that matter.
Silver is cheap enough. But one writer's run of testing with a magnet on
imported "925" and "Sterling" marked items in U.S. stores found nearly
all the pieces quite "attractive".
-A fellow (in Texas) made the rounds of quite a few outlets, testing
imported, marked "silver" items with a magnet. He found nearly all were
attracted by the magnet, some of them so strongly that some hanging
items even moved with the magnet outside the showcase. Reactions from
store personnel ranged from "so what?" to promises to look into it.