Need help with vintage silver pearl earrings

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mikewallace
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Need help with vintage silver pearl earrings

Postby mikewallace » Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:20 am

Need help identifying this makers mark, Thanks.

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mikewallace
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Re: Need help with vintage silver pearl earrings

Postby mikewallace » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:59 pm

The letter is a W in case somebody can't make it out.

JLDoggett
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Re: Need help with vintage silver pearl earrings

Postby JLDoggett » Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:11 pm

That looks like the Mikimoto mark but up-side-down. It should look like an M on aan oyster-shell.

mikewallace
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Re: Need help with vintage silver pearl earrings

Postby mikewallace » Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:33 pm

Thanks so much, this forum is amazing.

dognose
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Re: Need help with vintage silver pearl earrings

Postby dognose » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:40 am

A 1957 advertisement from Mikimoto that confirms the above:

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Mikimoto - Tokyo - 1957

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Mikimoto device

Trev

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Re: Need help with vintage silver pearl earrings

Postby JLDoggett » Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:03 am

Thanks Trev, I didn't have time to locate one of my pictures of the mark.

chrismittty
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Re: Need help with vintage silver pearl earrings

Postby chrismittty » Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:59 pm

So I saw this and thought it to be relevant, when marked "SILVER" as such, its likely to be what purity?
I have come across quite a few items like such marked like that and was curious....


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