Cameo pin brooch

I think this says EKLUND? and I can see 12k is that gf?

 

@Bronwen. She used the c word.

 

If it says 12K it is 12K gold. https://firstquarterfinance.com/is-12k-gold-worth-anything/

 

not until it's tested it isn't.

 

That's just weird looking.
I don't think the cameo started out in this setting.

 

But it's not made to look like a flower with the cameo as the flower. Did I say that right? Does that make sense?

 

is it just me or is the one I Need found look broken on the left side.....
maybe it had leaves at one time ??

 

now that looks like the same makers dot on the back...
so then 1/20 12k gf............right ?

 

Never speak ill of the dead. I'm afraid the cameo, although cut out of a piece of helmet shell & no doubt by hand, is such a sorry example of the craft there's not much more to say. No older than the mid-1950s. INH's example may not be the same design, but looks like the same type of construction & level of quality.

 

I was afraid u were going to see those carved shell bits at some point !!
& figured I'd leave it up to you to point out.....in a nice way.....that they are crap !

 

Looking at the dross makes you appreciate the gold all the more. Wednesday I was at an antiques show examining a $28,000 intaglio in my hand. (Asking price; can't imagine dealer will get that in the end.)

 

Hi there,
I stumbled across this discussion while researching the same piece! It does say 12k gold filled...specifically “EKELUND 1/20 12k”. Also, the cameo was part of it and yes, there were leaves originally.

“One way that gold filled, or gold plated items are legally marked is with a fraction, most commonly 1/10 or 1/20. If your item says “1/20 12k” then it is not twelve karat gold, it is merely plated in 12k gold.”

 

Hi Babcafy!

Welcome to Antiquers.............

 

plated and filled are two different processes ...... R They Not ?

 

Yes they are, each has different amounts of gold. I don’t know what the standards are but I know they differ!

 

Gold fill is a thin layer rolled onto base metal. Gold plate is electroplated. You can scrap gold-filled if you sell it to a refinery by the pound is all I know. A lot of the drek they made in the 50s is best used for that purpose. Hate to say it, but it's true.