How to Clean Copper and Silver Heirlooms

I’m a sucker for a yard sale, especially if I see the gleam of old copper, silver or marble sitting on a tabletop. Antique silver and copper are my passions – sterling silver hairbrush sets with marble trays, copper bowls and kettles, beautiful, heavy old silver and copper trays. They’re substantial and weighty, and oh-so-classy and elegant. But more often than not, they’ve been sitting in an attic or cellar collecting dust and tarnishing for decades. That’s great news for me, because it usually means that I can pick up a stunning heirloom copper or antique silver piece for practically nothing – simply because the owner doesn’t want to deal with cleaning it up.

If you’re like me and love the soft gleam of antique copper and silver, or if you View the rest of this article