Posted 11 years ago
Agram.m
(762 items)
There have been over the years a lot of antique jewelry made from animal claw or tooth passed through my hands. Both in silver and in gold. But such special if I show you today I never saw before.
I'm not a fan of jewelry made of animals but they belong in the ancient heritage in jewelry field. And fortunately, these animals are now well protected though still poached and hunted animals prohibited.
The brooch that I show you today is very old. I can not say how old. It is made of a crocodiles tooth in a special and rare silver granulated setting. The silver content, I cannot tell. There are 2 same marks. I cannot decode they look like a double U (U) maybe you have an idea?
At the bottom of the chain hangs a very detailed head of a crocodile, you can even count the teeth and with his teeth put in a gold set Rubin.
This brooch is quite large; 6 x 5.5 cm.
Who can tell me anything more about the origin?
nutsabota6 THANKS !!
aghcollect and geo26e thanks for interest and loving.
idcloisonne thanks for your insightful comments and loving. The picture of the marks has been taken with a digital magnifier. But I replaced it with an even clearer picture of the marks. These show that there are no UU's but two A's (AA). Furthermore, I have the whole brooch checked and no other mark can find. Maybe you have another idea who the artist might be?
vetraio50, walksoftly and Manikin thanks for loving
The dutch/Netherlands often used early marks to denote the city where the Silver Assay was done...ie Antwerp, Amsterdam. RER(BOB)
LOUMANAL thanks for your suggestion I will certainly take a look !
BHock45, racer4four and DrFluffy thank you for attention and loving
idcloisonne thanks again for your interest and work and you are right it could also be the heads and necks of birds facing right, i replaced a magnifier picture again. But even with this new data, I have not received a reply to my question as to what this might be. Maybe you would like to be further along to find? I would be very grateful.
idcloisonne, i'm really very grateful for the effort and time you have to spend on this jewelry. FANTASTIC, thanks a hundred times! indeed a beautiful story you've told there, it might just turn out to be reality. We will probably never know. Should you ever seen those hallmark encounter then please let me know!
It is indeed gold (not tested but is cold colored) and yes it must have been a special story what results in this rare jewelry. Hope to "meet" you here again!
Hi there!
I think it is a crocodile tooth, not a tiger's, that's why the croco under!
this one is carved :
http://www.cydneysantiques.com/images/aligator.jpg
Certainly a colonial trophy, perhaps dutch if you found it in your country???
Can't help for the marks.
Love it!
Hello, how very clever of you, I have not thought about it now, thanks ! And indeed, that also explains why the crocodile is situated below it.
But fortunately for the animals we now know not how teeth of wild animals look.
But you are of great help.
Newtimes thank too for loving!
valentino97 and kyratango thanks for loving
What a fantastic brooch!
Pops52 Thanks of course I agree at least a rare brooch.
beautiful piece! i hope it's a croc tooth and not a tiger's, because they have many more to spare.
i think it is from Burma - where a lot of very fine silver work is from. i'm not sure about the marks though. i didn't think they used marks, but i don't know that much about it.
ho2cultcha you are right i think this is a croc tooth and till now i don't know the background. Thanks for your interest and loving!
tom61375 thanks for interest and loving
Repeated capital ``A`` in an rectangle with cut angles stands for Vienna (Wien) 1866 - 1922.It is seen as secondary mark (e.g. on Zuckerdosen legs) often with Diana`s head and dog`s head,but also as only mark,more often on small articles, but surprisingly on large items,too.It seems the marking system was not very consistent at the time (e.g. dog`s head in rather large items).
To see discussion in regard of ``A`` secondary mark click here:
https://www.925-1000.com/forum/search.php?keywords=a+vienna+secondary+mark
Gorgeous!
Ivan49 sorry for my late respons. Thank you very much for your intesting comment.
raven3766 thanks for your reply and love.