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I am new to this site. Everyone has been so helpful and kind, I want to thank you all! I have acquired several cameos and have no knowledge about them. I have been buried in research for 4 days. There are a few that I have not been able to find or have found little helpful information. I'm asking anyone who may be able to provide any knowledge, I would be grateful. This cameo I believe may be Egyptian? Cleopatra? It is Gold Plated, silver under plate. I had it tested by a gold and silver expert. He said it was silver. It appears to have 900 with the last 0 worn and very difficult to see. I did discover that 900 silver was the most common in Egypt. Also on the straight pin faster it appears to have 3 symbols. Artist Mark?
Any help would be so appreciated.

 

Very nice and great photo. I can't help, wait for the experts.

 

@Bronwen ...gets the call !!!!
Have u seen her Cameo thread......it's 56 miles long !!!

 

Hello again, Dana. She is cut in helmet shell & does not depict anyone in particular. although it is quite likely she was influenced by this earlier Czech design, which has a touch of the exotic to it:



Your piece I would put to the 1950s - early 60s. It was probably set as well as cut in Italy, where 800 silver used to be used commonly. I do not see Egyptian marks on the pin stem; are you sure it is not 800, incomplete at the edges because of the cramped space? Egyptian brooches do often have 3 itty bitty marks on the pin stem, but they are in characteristic square cartouches, & I have never seen a modern shell cameo in an Egyptian brooch.

 

Thank You Bronwen for responding. The marks on the Pin stem appear to look kind of like a comma, a squiggly X, and a square like symbol with a dot. Kind of looks like hieroglyphics. I did talk online to a lady in Egypt regarding silver. She told me that 900 was the most common silver in Egypt. I don't know if that is correct, but she told me that.

 

It's hard to assess your marks without seeing them. They don't sound like Egyptian marks. You can compare for yourself with the illustrations here:

https://books.google.com/books?id=L...6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q=egyptian hallmarks&f=false

If you are an Egyptian wearing silver jewellery made there, it is probably 900. If you are a tourist with silver jewellery bought as a souvenir, it is more likely to be 800.

 

I'm sorry... I'm new. Wasn't sure if I were posting the right way. I figured someone would tell me if I wasn't

 

Lovely, Dana, and great photos.

900 was and is also used in many other countries, including Italy. Here is a list:
https://www.925-1000.com/a_Standards.html

I am with Bronwen on the likelihood of Italy 1950s-60s. That is also a period when those silver brooch-pendant combos were popular. But it always helps if you include a photo of the marks, which can be tricky to photograph if they are small.

You did fine, the cameo thread isn't mandatory. There is always someone who will tag @Bronwen .

 

Hi Bronwen! Would you mind taking a look at this and give me your opinion. I borrowed a much better loop from a jeweler friend and was able to see the mark on the stem much better. I drew it as best as I could. I might not be perfect, but hoping maybe you might know what it is. Thank You so much for all your help!

 

Wish I could tell you what the marks are, but really do not look Egyptian, even partials stamped on a tiny rounded surface like a pin stem. This is a bracelet from 1933/34, made with 800 silver. If the marks had been on the pin of a brooch, you would still see little uprights between them, even if not a complete box:



Sorry. Maybe someone else will have an idea. Are they spaced well apart as you drew them?

 

No, they are very close together.

Thank You so much!!!

 

Partial marks on the pin of an Egyptian brooch could be even harder too recognize than the ones Bronwen posted, like on these filigree bracelet panels, all parts of the Cairo .800 mark:

 

Great pics, Dana, thank you.
Not Egyptian. Maybe a maker's mark. I'll see if I can connect it with an assay mark.

 

Thank You.. Thank You.. Thank You...I been 3 days trying to loop these symbols and draw them best I could see and just now realized that my niece had a magnifier photo on her Iphone. Lol... I'm such a ditz