A person may not sell, manufacture for sale, or possess with intent to sell any item of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal which has deposited or plated on it or brazed or otherwise affixed to it a plate, plating, covering, or sheet of gold or gold alloy, and which has stamped on it, on a tag attached to it, or on a package in which it is contained, any word or mark usually employed to indicate the fineness of gold, unless the word or mark is accompanied by other words which plainly indicate that the item or some part of it is made of rolled gold plate, gold plate, or gold electroplate or is gold filled, as the case may be.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 14 - Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions
Section 14-602 - Gold Merchandise in General
Section 14-603 - "Gold Plate" and Similar Gold Content Merchandise
Section 14-604 - Silver Merchandise -- in General
Section 14-605 - Silver Merchandise -- "Sterling Silver"
Section 14-606 - Silver Merchandise -- "Coin Silver"
Section 14-607 - "Silver Plate" and Similar Silver Content Merchandise