Featured Stylised lizard? Pendant 950

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  1. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Any clues to the maker please?
    Stamped 9?50 and what looks like a triangle and FNH? Or any variation of similar letters!
    Presume it's meant to look like a lizard with too many legs and is rather cute.
    Approx 4.5 inches long.
    Thanks for looking :)
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    KSW, Jul 20, 2020
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Nice and quirky, K.:)
    Maybe German or Austrian? They used .950 fineness, just like other Continental countries, except they often didn't bother to have it assayed.

    Off for a bite to eat now, I'll see if I can find the maker's mark later.
     
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  3. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Could be meant for a scorpion/Scorpio.
     
    Bronwen, Jul 20, 2020
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  4. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Could be. Some sort of bug!
     
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  5. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    8 legs suggests Arachnid but then there's those two hanging about at the back ?
     
    daveydempsey, Jul 20, 2020
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  6. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Thankyou :)
    I've had a look but don't really know what I'm looking for!
     
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  7. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Minimalist centipede?
     
    KSW, Jul 20, 2020
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    That's what I see too. I couldn't find the mark though, the Germans kept telling me I was looking for Finn instead of FNN.:rolleyes:
    That's its head, with antennae.:) Not anatomically correct, I know.
     
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  9. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Replacement ones...:joyful:
     
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  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    :hilarious:
     
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  11. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I'd say Mexican AFNN on the mark? They make a bunch of 950 silver there too, and it looks like Mexican artisan work. Someone heard Americans like bug pins, so he made one of the ugliest bug he could think of! That looks like the thing I squashed in my bathroom a few nights back. Ick.
     
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  12. ulilwitch

    ulilwitch Well-Known Member

    Could the last letter be an H or an M?
     
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  13. Marko

    Marko Well-Known Member

    I saw a centipede immediately.
     
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  14. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Wire coat hangers tangled in a closet.
     
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  15. MaJa

    MaJa Active Member

    In Germany 950 is usually only used for platinum (Pt); for silver the most common silver alloys are/were 750, 800, 813, 830/835, 900, 925 and 935.
    However under the German hallmarking rules any alloy is allowed

    Another possibility is that the 950 is just an item number
     
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