§ 229-e. Marking metal placed on leather or other substances sterling
or sterling silver. Any person, firm, corporation or association who
makes or sells, or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his or its
possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise
comprised of leather, shell, ivory, celluloid, pearl, glass, porcelain,
pottery, steel, or wood to which is applied or attached a metal mounting
marked, stamped or branded with the words "sterling" or "sterling
silver," unless said applied or attached metal mounting shall contain
not less than nine hundred and twenty-five one-thousandths parts of pure
silver, is guilty of a misdemeanor.