The surface of an article made of an alloy that is brightened by increasing the proportion of the more valuable metal in all or part of the surface, as in depletion gilding, differentialpickling or depletion silvering.
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The surface of an article made of an alloy that is brightened by increasing the proportion of the more valuable metal in all or part of the surface, as in depletion gilding, differentialpickling or depletion silvering.
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From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson
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