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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9495490, member: 15376"]<p style="text-align: center">Okay back to brooches, but these come with questions.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">These are a really lovely pair of Italian filigree brooches, very nicely made. They're stamped 925, along with the maker's mark. BUT I can't find the maker, and there's some odd/contradicting marks on the pin of the butterfly.</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]447517[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]447518[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]447519[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">They're both stamped with the same manufacturer's mark. All three marks pictured are from the butterfly, but the bottom left is also on the rose's pin.</p> <p style="text-align: center">Now I did think it said 185 GE, but I think now its 195, certainly seems that way from the photos. The bottom middle photo looks like a lady facing right, but there's no Italian mark that's similar, except one province that's not Genoa.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">There is a brand called BellaGioia that says they brand their jewelry BA, but I can't find a photo of it. They work is sterling, then plate in Rhodinium and/or Gold, which feels right with these, but I'm not sure.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]447520[/ATTACH] </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9495490, member: 15376"][CENTER]Okay back to brooches, but these come with questions. These are a really lovely pair of Italian filigree brooches, very nicely made. They're stamped 925, along with the maker's mark. BUT I can't find the maker, and there's some odd/contradicting marks on the pin of the butterfly. [ATTACH=full]447517[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]447518[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]447519[/ATTACH] They're both stamped with the same manufacturer's mark. All three marks pictured are from the butterfly, but the bottom left is also on the rose's pin. Now I did think it said 185 GE, but I think now its 195, certainly seems that way from the photos. The bottom middle photo looks like a lady facing right, but there's no Italian mark that's similar, except one province that's not Genoa. There is a brand called BellaGioia that says they brand their jewelry BA, but I can't find a photo of it. They work is sterling, then plate in Rhodinium and/or Gold, which feels right with these, but I'm not sure. [ATTACH=full]447520[/ATTACH] [/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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