Material
Why Silver Tarnishes, and What the Surface Tells You
Why silver tarnishes: understand the surface chemistry, read its colour and texture, and distinguish ordinary tarnish…
subjects
Material
Notice silver’s qualities, finishes and the ways its surface changes.
Our point of view
Objects reward a closer look
Silver is more than a bright surface. Its material, making and history can tell us how people have used and valued the things they keep.