Featured Is this really what it says on the tin?

It says 9 Carat White Enamel, Amethyst and Peridot Suffragette Pendant.
I’ll be very grateful to have your opinion on this piece.

 

i don't have a clue as to what you're saying.............
but.
it's pretty....and sez it's gold !!

 

Sorry, I do apologise for the confusion. I didn’t know that it’s a phrase used only in the UK.

My question was, do you think it is real or fake.

 

I'm not familiar with that mark or with the manufacture......maybe some of our worldly members could speak to that.

As to the use of a UK phrase........that I personally do not know...
I can only believe that in fact , it's fair dinkum !

 

where does it say ALL that ? in a listing ?
first glimpse I thought art deco hanger, possibly from Denmark.

 

Very popular stones, used a lot, and the phrase "suffragette" is often used when it has nothing whatsoever to do with the suffragettes.

 

9 ct would usually indicate British or at a pinch, one of our colonies. Style is Edwardian up to about WW1. it may well be suffragette inspired, especially with the enamel work. The colours are right as are the stones.

 

Just for clarity’s sake, what does it mean exactly?

 

Is it kosher. The real McCoy. Genuine article. Or is it well dodg, not cushty.

 

Thanks Bear, I'll add that to "the tip" and "the bin" I learned here. I think I will also add cushty, also a new one on me

About 10 years ago my sister and I went to Ireland. At one point we rented a car and drove to a small town on the southern coast where we rented a condo for a week. While driving we made a list of supplies we needed. Near our destination I hit the brakes and quickly pulled into a shopping center - I spied something on our list - a sign for an off license. My sister said "What the hell is an off license?", I grew up watching British shows on PBS, she didn't

 

Cushty is a bit of Romany speak which got added into East End English, especially. Just as Yiddish has!

 

“It does exactly what it says on the tin" was originally an advertising slogan in the United Kingdom, which then became a common idiomatic phrase. It colloquially means that the name of something is an accurate description of its qualities.”
Wikipedia

 

Learned a lot in this thread and little of it related to the item but great fun.

 

That's these forums in a nutshell.

 

Back to the pendant.
I agree with ca 1900-1915, British made, and possibly intended as a Suffragette pendant.

So yes, it is what it says on the tin, the stones are good, and even the Suffragette part could be true.

 

I can’t find a British hallmark that says “9 CT GOLD”.
I would really appreciate any info or link about the subject.

 

No it isn't an official assay mark. I believe it was stamped on low weight items that didn't have to be assayed, but @Ownedbybear knows more about that.

 

It's very common on pre WW2 pieces and not just low weight ones, either - 9ct or 9 ct gold. I've seen it on stuff from about, oh, the 1870s or so to the 1950s ish. Whilst we were fussy about hallmarks, that didn't mean the law was always observed. Georgian and Victorian pieces are often totally unmarked.

 

And American ones... good luck with that! American jewelers often didn't mark their pieces in any way at all.

A lot of us watch a little too much British TV. Some of the geekier Americans understand Old Blighty Speak. Cushty was a new one on me; East Ender colloquialisms don't often make it across the Pond.

If it's not a Suffragette jewel it's close enough to be marketed as one. Women interested in voting rights would be all over it. I think it's right as rain though.

I've sold pieces and given some away that I've sold as Suffragette before - meaning the colors are right. One I made of vintage parts went to England. My sister bagged the rest.

 

I agree, I can see no reason for it not to be suffragette, given the time period when it was made.