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HAWKE | 14:59 Wed 17th Sep 2008 | Interiors
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what is venetian silver why is it called that
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Could it by any chance be silver that comes from Venice?
22:00 Wed 17th Sep 2008
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Venetian Silver - Trademark of Deykin & Sons, Birmingham Logo: Gondola


Nickel Silver, German Silver and related alloys


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What is nickel silver?
Nickel Silver is the generic name for any of a range of non-precious bright silvery-grey metal alloys, composed of copper, nickel and zinc. Despite its name it contains no real silver. It is also commonly called German Silver
22:06 Wed 17th Sep 2008
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no its not that simple
15:07 Thu 18th Sep 2008
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Hi HAWKE, I think you will find that venetian silver is really nickel silver. If you take a look at the link below it may give the answer you want.

http://pages.zoom.co.uk/leveridge/nickel1.html

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14:15 Sat 27th Sep 2008
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that is very interesting, thanks
17:57 Sat 27th Sep 2008

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