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Title: Help with hallmark Post by: Techony on October 08, 2010, 05:19:34 PM Out on one of our local farms with Handyman this morning and unearthed a nice little brooch. Trouble is the hallmark is unfamiliar to me. Can anyone (Peter?) help with the origin or age?
Thanks for looking, Title: Re: Help with hallmark Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on October 08, 2010, 06:07:37 PM hey, thats nice, it could be foriegn, well done you,
Title: Re: Help with hallmark Post by: Chef Geoff on October 08, 2010, 06:11:18 PM I think Al is right. .625 is pretty poor silver and only Germany comes up on google as a possible
Title: Re: Help with hallmark Post by: Techony on October 08, 2010, 06:25:52 PM Thanks guys,
It's not silver though Geoff, it's Gold. Just had an id on the hallmark from another forum. Chester 1917, made by Francis Butt. But many thanks for looking anyway. Cheers, Title: Re: Help with hallmark Post by: Chef Geoff on October 08, 2010, 06:33:04 PM So what carat is it?
Title: Re: Help with hallmark Post by: Neil on October 08, 2010, 06:35:39 PM Thats gold mate - common in Australia - 15ct - here comes the science!
This was a British Commonwealth standard for a high carat, strongly yellow and reasonably hard gold that was used in pieces that had a lot of wear like bracelets, chains, etc but high quality gold was still required. It was discontinued in England as a gold standard in 1932 with the Commonwealth member countries soon following. SO if you do happen to find a piece of 15ct gold you can nearly be absolutely sure its made before 1932. Title: Re: Help with hallmark Post by: the sutt on October 08, 2010, 07:14:26 PM thats a very nice find well done to you
Title: Re: Help with hallmark Post by: nobby on October 09, 2010, 07:48:40 AM it s a little earlier than 1917....capital letter A ...1901-2
Title: Re: Help with hallmark Post by: Stred (Steve) on October 09, 2010, 03:37:14 PM Thats a very nice find there fella.
Title: Re: Help with hallmark Post by: Techony on October 09, 2010, 04:57:06 PM it s a little earlier than 1917....capital letter A ...1901-2 Thanks Nobby, we came to the same conclusion early this morning too. It's great to have a second (well third actually) opinion to back it up though. Cheers, Title: Re: Help with hallmark Post by: JRD on October 10, 2010, 04:58:57 PM Thats a lovely find there dude - i really like that - well done.
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