Featured French silver cicada brooch

I got this at a pawn shop today, $29 (@kyratango @Any Jewelry )
The wings need straightened out and the clasp needs fixing, but I can do that.
It has the boar's head mark and a maker's mark that I can't find anywhere.
Does anyone recognize this mark?

 

Gorgeous. I bet it was made in Provence, which is where these cicada brooches are worn with regional dress.

Kyra knew a great site with French maker's marks, but it has gone.

 

Provençal costume with cicada brooch on the kerchief:

 

Cool

 

Thank you @Any Jewelry !
This is great information!

 

This one looks very similar. Although doesn't offer much more information. (Forgive me if it is your listing)

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/137...ZqN08b3qpzU4tI5nVNM-E5yXQCz48nKBoCLZ8QAvD_BwE

And another one

https://eriebasin.com/products/c1890-french-cicada-brooch?variant=39695287550061

 

Aahh! You caught it She is great, it is more usual to find silvered than solid silver!
Can’t add to what AJ said, I so regret the site who had a great list of French makers doesn’t provide it anymore
I’m lurking a nice one ending in 2 days.... Fingers crossed

 

Do you have any idea about age?
I'd like to think it's 100 years old, but maybe I'm being silly.........

 

Is this the site, @kyratango ?

https://www.silvercollection.it/frenchsilversmithsJ.html

 

@kyratango, would this have been the site:

https://www.langantiques.com/university/famous-jewelers/

(HAHA! Like minds think alike @Bakersgma !!)​

 

Great find/price ! As a Silversmith in Navajo country you've obviously developed a keen eye.
I pass Pawnbrokers every day-thnks for the brilliant tip.
***No brocantes but plenty of PB's.Eccentric weird Victorian & Nouveau fills my belly w/ joy !

 

Well, you should definitely stop in! They have all manner of strange items.
Most of the pawn shops around here have their fair share of turquoise jewelry, but other heirlooms show up, too.
I'm always on the hunt for sterling.

 

Yes, right, it is from first part of 20th. Earlier cicadas were fully modelled underneath too

 

Those sites are assets, still running.

The one I used was vienslechercher.com.
The maker’s marks list was maintained by a provincial based antique shop, the owner removed it from the site, and now I just can’t open the link to the shop

 

Lovely one! I have an aunt living in that region and I have fond memories of Summer holidays as a kid with the sound of these critters in the background.
I always pick up these cicadas when I see them...well if the price is right that is! I think they have more character as good luck charms than a horseshoe.

 

@kyratango Can you get anything out of this? It used to be a source for jewellery marks, but has been reworked into something more expansive:

https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=["Ressources biographiques (Autor)"]

I have a feeling it's more accessible to someone whose French is better than mine.

 

There is this site: -
https://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_makers_J.html

There is a John Depres mark on There. Similar but not quite.

This site too: -

https://www.silvercollection.it/frenchhallmarks.html

From the the second link there was a justin desausoy who had a mark described as un diamant registered in 1912. I can't find an image of the mark though.

 

I love your brooch. i live in cicada country. As kids we use to take the exoskeleton and stick it on our shirt like a brooch.

 

I bookmarked it, but.... The search is a pain! They are even not classified in alphabetical order for searching!!!
It must be more complete than the 925-1000 list though (their organizing is very good!)

 

I'm sorry, Bakers and Aqui, I should have said it in my first post, the site was French.
I looked through silvercollection and 925 yesterday, the go-to sites, but didn't find this specific mark. I didn't try Lang's, so maybe that is an idea for @stracci .