Tag: Precious metals
Every Trinket File guide tagged precious metals: gold, silver and platinum alloys, their hallmarks, and how they wear day to day.
Resizing and Repairing Jewellery: What a Workshop Can Do
- Trinket File
- Repair
- 23 Jun, 2026
Most jewellery can be repaired and much of it can be resized. The useful question is not whether something is possible in principle but whether it is sensible for this piece, which depends almost enti
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Earrings: Metals, Backs and Everyday Comfort
- Trinket File
- Buying
- 06 Apr, 2026
An earring is chosen in a mirror, in seconds, and then worn for ten hours at a time. The judgement made in the mirror concerns how the piece looks from the front. The parts that decide whether it is c
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Choosing a Metal for Everyday Wear
- Trinket File
- Materials
- 24 Mar, 2026
The metal you choose for a piece you wear daily matters more than the design detail you spent an hour deciding on. Metals differ in how they scratch, how they tarnish, how they feel, how heavy they ar
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Chains, Clasps and How Fastenings Fail
- Trinket File
- Metals and Stones
- 02 Mar, 2026
A necklace that disappears is usually assumed to have been stolen or to have broken in some dramatic way. The common ending is quieter than that. A chain is found tucked inside a collar with every lin
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Gold, Plated, Filled or Solid: What the Marks on a Piece Mean
- Trinket File
- Metals and Stones
- 17 Feb, 2026
A stamp on a piece of jewellery is a declaration, not a guarantee. It is still the single most useful piece of information you have, and the difference between a piece that survives daily wear and one
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Ring Sizing and Fit: Getting It Right First Time
- Trinket File
- Buying
- 02 Feb, 2026
A ring size is treated as a fixed property of a finger, like a shoe size with a number attached. Fingers do not hold a size. They swell in heat and after exertion, thin in the cold, and change over ye
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