Why does my krementz bracelet acid test hold at 10k?

[gauntlettgems]

I've just read that they made jewelry in real gold as well as plated but wouldn't this be marked as gold?  It held steady and did not wipe at 10k and dimmed a bit at 14k but still held  I cannot make out what those three things are next to Krementz   Stones seem to be glass only Ty for the help

[cool-awesome-vintage]

I know Krementz did make real gold jewelry but I've never seen a piece marked as gold and I cannot make out the marks on your photo. Krementz used a very thick layer of gold on their filled items, the only way to tell for sure is to file it on the bottom side and see if you get different results in that spot. I hate filing and if I do I always find the least visible spot to do it. Your stones do appear to be glass and I would think with glass stones that it is gold filled and not solid.

[sunshine*kisses]

they look like apples lol

[gauntlettgems]

That's what I was thinking as well I just wanted a second opinion I hate filing!!

[gauntlettgems]

the little marks? lol

[sunshine*kisses]

Yes the little marks look like apples hey maybe it was made for Snow White wasnt she the one that ate the apple?

[sunshine*kisses]

maybe it is the shield like here

http://www.collectiblejewels.com/KrementzHallmarks.jpg

[gauntlettgems]

oh yeah maybe

[old.crows.nest]

I was trying to find that image yesterday and kept missing it when clicking on google images.

I think the Mark might be the 14 K T. The last stamp (closest to the KREMENTZ) looks a little like the funky T.

[gauntlettgems]

Man you must like the best vision ever!! I can't make heads or tails of any of those marks. I'm with kisses. They look like apples. Lol.

[old.crows.nest]

Actually my eyesight sucks 🙂

Just thought something about shape of the shadows looked similar to the funky T.

[gauntlettgems]

I'm going to have to go back and strain to see what I can.

[bernadette49]

here is what the 14k mark looks like on Krementz jewelry. On their pieces that weren't k gold they put such a heavy layer of gold over their pieces that they will test as gold.

[flipping_treasures]

All the Krementz that I have had that were gold were marked as such.  As Bernadette has said, Krementz pieces that were not actually gold were very heavily plated.  Personally, rather than filing into the piece and damaging it, if it's not marked I would just let it go.  Filing IMHO is never worth the damage that it does to a piece.

[gauntlettgems]

So plated rather than gold filled?