Silver is lustrous and white and can be formed into delicate, beautiful jewellery pieces. But it can easily scratch, change form and lose shape. Because of this, fine silver isn’t recommended in the use of jewellery, except in earrings and pendants or other low-impact areas. jewellery sold as just ‘Silver' is pretty mysterious. Sometimes ‘Silver’ jewellery is nothing more than a low-quality brass base with a flash coating of thin silver on top. This coating quickly wears off and leaves the piece looking cheap - because it probably was. With silver, you will usually get what you pay for - and if you didn't pay much, you probably won't get much.