Hi, Need help identifying antique Scottish? silver brooch

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fox
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Hi, Need help identifying antique Scottish? silver brooch

Postby fox » Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:49 pm

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larkfield
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Postby larkfield » Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:01 am

Looking at your marks, the sponsors mark is not very clear but I believe it is probably Celtic Art Industries if the mark is C.A, which would tie in with the Edinburgh Town Mark and date letter of 1977.

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Postby dognose » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:27 am

Hi,

The style of this brooch is known as penannular, if you use the search facility you will see previous posts such as:

viewtopic.php?t=12950

Trev.

fox
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Help with Scottish Brooch Mark

Postby fox » Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:27 pm

Thanks so much - yes, the mark is C.A. WHat a wonderful response! THat is all I need to know for now. Thanks for being so helpful! Fox.


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