Featured silver pendant

Just like the other one, this did too belong to my grandma. A silver pendant with a 800 mark. 1930s? Any information would be helpful!

 

Telling us it was your grandmothers doesn't help with a time line reference.The piece could have been purchased years after it was produced.

 

I thought the style in whitch it was made would speak for itself. I know nothing about this piece

 

Hey Matt.....
is it a quarter inch wide...or 3 inches wide ???

You know stuff we don't know....but require , for any meaningful ....critical ...look at what you present..

Your pics are fine....and your thoughts are most welcomed.....but we need to know everything you already know....even if u think , something speaks for itself....you speak better !!!

Looks like a charm bracelet charm....the bale area is pretty knocked around............

 

maybe someone will know the mark after the 800....???

 

The bale looks like it was repaired,solder where it shouldn't be.

 

it's about 0.7 inches, almost 2 centimeters. The bail has 2 more marks but I can't read them, they are too worn out ://

 

Charming pendant, Matt.

Spot on. The mark next to 800 is a Laurin mark. It was only used by Pforzheim (Germany) makers between 1934 and 1938. The use of the Laurin mark was granted to select makers of 'middle quality' jewellery. It was abandoned after protests from silversmiths from other towns, who said it suggested that only Pforzheim made good quality jewelry.

 

Thanks
I can always learn something from you!

 

The mark is a bit unclear, but don't believe it is a Laurin mark, and suspect the pendant is earlier than the '30s. To my eye it appears to be a variant of Pforzheim maker Lutz & Weiss' mark - not a lot of time right now, but a quick search found this nice Jugendstil pendant attributed to them, bearing a similar mark that also includes the reichsmark, their image is also unclear, but I think worth looking at...


https://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/jugendstil_silver_pendant_by_lutz__weiss/ac058a1454



~Cheryl

 

I'm not seeing what you see Dragon.............

 

She is so pretty!. Very elegant lady. I wonder if she was a person or an artists interpretation?. Either way for me it would be a keeper.

 

Eh, my eyes are pretty bad anymore, but what I see is a fancy script 'L' conjoined with a simple, wide 'W' - Lutz & Weiss used a similar mark in a shield, with numerous variations, have seen that mark without shield on a few jewelry pieces, attributed to L&W. Below is a comparison of a typical L&W mark, the OP's mark, which appears to be a bit rubbed, and the really crummy pic of what looks to me like a similar mark attributed to L&W:





This is the 1930s Laurin mark (Ln), it is different, and I just don't see it on the OP's piece:







~Cheryl

 

I think you are right, I'll go and try to take a better picture brb
How old is it then in your opinion?

 

Here the other two but they are pretty blurry ://

 

I'm seeing the L W now........thanks Dragon !

 

Yup, same

 

Found a few similar ones on google, as it appears they have been popular during the Jugendstil period so around 1900. Thank you very much for your help!

 

Matt, that black and white picture did the job! It is indeed LW, as Cheryl said.

It is certainly the style, which is why I was a bit surprised to see a Laurin mark. Turns out it wasn't.