Precious Metals Marking Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1303)

Regulations are current to 2013-04-29

PLATED FLATWARE

  • 11. (1) A quality mark specified in Column I of item 1 or 2 of the table to this section may be applied to an article of flatware that is plated with silver that is at least 925 parts by weight in every 1,000 parts pure silver.

  • (2) A quality mark specified in Column I of items 3 to 7 of the table to this section may be applied to an article of flatware that has applied to it silver

    • (a) that is at least 925 parts by weight in every 1,000 parts pure silver;

    • (b) as primary plating to a thickness equal to that of the primary plating on a teaspoon that is of the same pattern as such article, if the amount of silver used to uniformly plate a gross of such teaspoons is that prescribed in Column II of the table for that mark; and

    • (c) as an overlay at the point of greatest wear, where applicable, to a thickness equal to that of the primary plating and in an amount at least as great as that prescribed in Column III of the table for that mark.

  • (3) A quality mark specified in Column I of item 3 of the table to section 7 may be applied to an article of flatware that is plated with gold that is at least 10 karats in quality.

  • (4) Where a quality mark is applied to an article of flatware pursuant to subsection (3) and the article is plated with gold to a thickness of at least one micrometre, a statement of the thickness of the gold expressed as a whole numeral and followed immediately by the word “micrometre”, or the symbol “vm” therefor, may be applied to the frame in conjunction with the quality mark.

  • (5) Where 10 percent or more by weight of the base metal in an article of flatware to which a quality mark specified in Column I of item 3 of the table to section 7 or in Column 1 of an item of the table to this section is applied is pure nickel, the expression “nickel-silver”, “nickel-argent” or “N.S.” may be applied to the article in conjunction with the quality mark.

  • (6) Where less than 10 per cent by weight of the base metal in an article of gold-plated or silver-plated flatware is pure nickel, the name of the base metal shall be stamped on the article and the trademark shall be applied in conjunction therewith.

    TABLE

    Column IColumn IIColumn III
    ItemQuality MarkAmount of Silver used as primary plating on a gross of teaspoonsAmount of Silver in the Overlay
    1.“silverplate”, “placage d’argent”, “Silverplated”, “plaqué d’argent”, “silverware”, “argenterie”, “S.P.” or “E.P.”
    2.The quantity of pure silver, expressed in grams or milligrams, in a gross of articles of the same size and design and plated in the same manner and to the same thickness
    3.“A.I.”60 grams
    4.“A.I.X.”, “A.I.+.” or “A.I. EXTRA”60 grams65 milligrams
    5.“A.A.+.”, “A.A.I.+.” or “A.A.I. EXTRA”120 grams100 milligrams
    6.“triple plate” or “triple placage”180 grams
    7.“quadruple” or “XXXX”240 grams
  • SOR/85-386, s. 6.