AV Williams Award Clean it or Not

[crisco511]

I picked this University of Maryland AV Williams Award at a local flea market. It is silver plate and is tarnished. Should I clean it or leave it as found?

[crisco511]

Re: AV Williams Award Clean it or Not

forgot the picture sorry

[NEFAN]

Re: AV Williams Award Clean it or Not

If I was going to keep and display it, I would, but not if I were going to sell it.

[danesei@yahoo.com]

Re: AV Williams Award Clean it or Not

If it's silver plated, wouldn't you need to take it to a professional restorer to have it replated?

[scottanservitz]

Re: AV Williams Award Clean it or Not

I'd leave it alone. Looks cool the way it is.

[crisco511]

Re: AV Williams Award Clean it or Not

Did some research into this and was wrong about the material. It is pewter.

[danesei@yahoo.com]

Re: AV Williams Award Clean it or Not

Did some research into this and was wrong about the material. It is pewter.

That doesn't look like pewter to me. Even when I've owned polished pewter, it didn't have that iridescent look to it. I still think it's either steel or plated. If it *is* pewter, that's cool, but try to minimize how often you touch it, as certain pewter mixtures contain carcinogens.