[§482D-5]  Identifying plated articles;
words "gold", "karat gold", "solid gold",
"ster", "sterling", "sterling silver", or
"coin silver" forbidden.  No article made in whole or in part of
an inferior metal, having deposited or plated thereon or brazed or otherwise
affixed thereto a plating, covering, or sheet composed of gold or silver, or of
an alloy of either of these metals, and known in the market as rolled gold
plate, gold plate, gold filled, silver plate, or by any similar designation,
shall be stamped with any word or mark to indicate the fineness of gold
including the word "gold", "solid gold", or "karat
gold" unless the word or mark is accompanied by other words, plainly
indicating that the article or part thereof is made of rolled gold plate, gold
plate, or gold electroplate, or is gold filled, as the case may be, and no such
article shall be stamped with the word "ster", "sterling",
"sterling silver", or the word "coin silver" either alone
or in conjunction with other words or marks. [L 1990, c 343, pt of §2]