Postby silverport » Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:40 am
A, above rising sun = António Pinto Bernardino (mark reg.: 1927-1973), Gondomar.
Hello »Garnet«
The maker’s mark on yours bracelet is that of António Pinto Bernardino, from Gondomar, registered for the time span 1927-1973.
Yours bracelet is »assayed« between 1938 and 1973.
The style of the bracelet is in a more ‘conventional’ Portuguese interpretation of a mix of stylistic elements between »Art Nouveau« and »Art deco«.
Source for the fineness mark: # 49, page 12 (1938-1984), in the volume II of:
Source for the maker’s mark: # 1229, page 130, in the volume II of:
»Marcas de Contrastes e Ourives Portugueses«, by Manuel Gonçalves Vidal and Fernando Moitinho de Almeida, Reprint 1997 by Imprensa Nacional-Casa de Moedas (Portugese National Mint, in Lisbon).
ISBN 972-27-0773-6 (in two volume; vol. I = XV c. to 1887, vol. II = 1887 to 1993).
Kind regards silverport