A process of ceramic coatings on silver or silver-plated articles is
developed in order to prevent surface tarnish, which is employed as
ornaments on bags, garments or accessories such as necklaces, earrings,
etc. The process comprises the steps of: forming a beryllium film on the
surface of the article by fixing a stainless steel plate to an anode,
fixing the silver or silver-plated article to a cathode and plating the
surface of the silver or silver-plated article with beryllium in an
electrolyte containing beryllium sulfate (BeSO.sub.4.4H.sub.2O) by an
electroplating method; buffing the article coated with the beryllium
film; washing and drying the buffed article using a surfactant; forming
the resultant ceramic coating by dipping the dried article in ceramic
coating solution which includes 20 to 80 cc of glass water No. 1 (liquid
sodium silicate), 5 to 60 g of sodium metasilicate, 5 to 30 g of sodium
tungstate, 5 to 10 g of molybdic acid in 1 liter of water; and drying the
wetted article.