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I am most grateful for your two replies. Thank you. Yes, it does sound like a Scottish name, and thank you very much for checking that aspect out. I have carried on researching but turned up nothing whatsoever on these initials. I am pretty hopeless at marks, but thought I had got the lion right. So...

Why don't I ever get a piece of silver which is easy to ID ? Here is another which confounds me, even though the marks are nice and clear. The piece is a silver brooch taking the form of a dragon. The marks as you see in the images are: 1.CKMcG - maker ? Scottish maker living in London ? 2 Lion Ramp...

Hello Trevor What a delightful little box. I wonder what it would be used for, do you think it is also a counter box but without the counters? The top is very pretty indeed and yes, I see the resemblance. Thank you for posting and for all the other comments, most appreciated. Sincerely PS Should I t...

All very interesting news, how exciting, and thank you very much for taking the time to share. Yes, it was the Jacobean rose which made me think 17th C. I read the hallmark as LF not IF. There is a distinctive sweep of the lower part of the L to the right. But again, I could not find the maker. Does...

Thank you so much for your reply. It is appreciated. I am hoping that someone recognizes the open book single touchmark hallmark and even possibly identify IF or LF, I cant see it clearly enough to decide which. I had some kind of note from admin, and apologise if I have made an error of some type. ...

Greetings - I'm back with a very tricky one I just cant find anything about. Hope someone (maybe you dognose?) can help please ? BTW the ImageHost.org site is closed. I used which worked well I think. This item is I believe an old English Games Marker case and counters. But I am by no means sure. If...

After many hours of research online, I think I have stumbled upon the answer to the dual marking of the clasp of this necklace. As someone said earlier, it is 18k white gold18K and the rest of the alloy is made up with platinum - hence the mark of 750 with 900 above it. This is normal practice or wa...

Just a little to add after further research: I have looked at the clamshell mark with the M inside on 'Mikimoto' pearls and it does not look like the mark on these. I've been researching white gold marks and 750 was the export mark for white 18k gold from Japan. I've also found out that platinum is ...

Me Again - This time a pyrope garnet brooch from my aunts treasures. I am pretty sure it is German since she lived there for some time. I know it is probably made within the last 75 years (perhaps less) since it has one of the early rollover locking pins. I have acid tested the gold and it tests as ...

Hello and thanks for your input. It is only the tongue part of the clasp which is marked and yes, that is marked both on the front (with the thumb press) and on the back. The back which is fairly easy to see has the 750 mark but also the figure 900 lightly impressed upside down tight up against the ...

Greetings to all - This was my aunts necklace. I believe these are 'real' pearls although what type I have no clue. The clasp is silver with some stamps so I'm posting in the European section since I am in the UK, although the provenance of the necklace could be anywhere. I have been googling trying...

oh dear - yes, I only remember it all because it got its name as people would burn it and stein is stone. Or maybe that is not accurate. Forget where I learned that now.

Thanks again.


Julie

Thanks Tom - I thought it might be this company, but really was not sure. Your help is much appreciated.

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Julie

WOW ! Thank you SOOOOOOOOO much. I don't really mind what it is made of, I guess 21kt gold would be better, but that 875 seemed so much more likely silver than gold, I am not surprised. What a treasure trove of information you have given me, I cant tell you how grateful I am, thank you very much. As...

Just wanted to add that I have carefully cleaned one bead cap on the largest bead (one side only) and it is absolutely certain that the metal is gold. I had half expected it to clean up as silver, but no. Absolutely no doubt that it is made from gold. Trev I am fascinated at the possibility of it be...

Hello Trev - I read the new section thinking maybe I had got lucky and might find this Soviet mark there. Even though I didn't, it is a great read. I did wonder if this was a silver mark, but the metal is clearly gold. I have looped - oh dear - I mean I have looked at it with a loupe all over and wh...

Thanks to everyone who answered, especially Cheryl. Really much appreciated. Julie

Hello Everybody - I have had this necklace for some time and am finally getting around to trying to find out who made it and where and when (is that all?) The jigsaw of puzzle pieces on the pendant are all different types of Amber. The marks on the back are two - one of a simple outline of a fish an...

I inherited this gorgeous Russian amber bead necklace. The chain is gold as are the bead caps, and near the clasp is a ring with the stamp of the star and the numbers 875. I'm trying to figure out what karat of gold this would be equivalent to and would very much appreciate help or advice. I will lo...

Think I've dont it Trev. Here is the first pic of the lady herself just to remind you where the marks came from, on the pin stem itself, close to the hinge. http://i55.tinypic.com/16kinl.jpg and the clearest one of the the writing : http://i55.tinypic.com/2qa39u1.jpg I hope someone can understand th...