Posted 9 years ago
Bettyb00
(197 items)
This beautifully hand crafted cuban flat link bracelet is lined in 935 silver and the base metal is copper or copper alloy- the thick safety chain is 800 silver and links are solid not hollow. It has no hallmarks or stamps but has been x-ray tested.This is a big bold bracelet that stands out when worn I no longer wear this but my daughter wears this often.
The other is a byzantine solid link bracelet with a fold over clasp in 925 sterling silver and hallmarked for sterling silver and makers mark.
Both 70s vintage or earlier.
Both are very, very nice!
I am a bit confused about the toggle link bracelet. A .935 silver mark is continental/European. Normally, if an item is plated there is no silver mark on it because the silver plating is an insignificant amount of silver. 935 is 935 parts silver of 1000.
The safety chain doesn't belong to the bracelet.
Your second bracelet: silversmith TA-14 , T stands for Taxco, A is the initial of the silversmith and 14 means he was the 14th one to register designs in Taxco.
Not necessarily so-it is up to the artist and jeweller. Efesgirl not everything conforms to such rigid guidelines .This cuban link bracelet with the toggle clasp has been xray assesed to ascertain its metallurgy as I was very curious to know its composition as it has no hallmarks.
The xray assesment revealed that this bracelet is heavily lined in 935 SILVER
as opposed to electroplated silver and the process by which it was made is similar to a rolled gold piece of jewellery in its manufacture.
That is the reason I posted this piece as I think it is quite unique in its make- up .
love them.....but where do you get them X-ray tested??
I know how rolled gold jewelry is processed.
Taxco has listed hallmarking standards for their jewelry. This bracelet is not earlier than 1979.
http://www.925-1000.com/mexican_marks.html
Your cuban link bracelet appears to have some marks on it. I enlarged/sharpened the photo.
Second photo from the left, second link on the right.
I was considering selling the bracelet and as it has no hallmarks the auction house arranged an xray assessment as a requirement and evidence of metal purity.
The xray assessment was done in Melbourne cbd.
Thanks Efesgirl!You have really done your home work!
The marks you are refering to on the cuban link bracelet are age related wear and tear marks:)
OK - when I blew up the photo, the mark looked like a "C" with some other mark on the other side. Oh well, I could only hope....sometimes jewelry makers put marks in very odd places.
I know Taxco jewelry. Many pieces have passed through my hands over the years.
:-)
As I said in the original description-the 935 silver lined cuban link bracelet has no identifying marks or stamps:)