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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 1235884, member: 5833&quot;]Forwarding for reference:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/upload_2019-11-20_19-11-5-png.215161/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You would then expect the letter before that to be &#039;c&#039;.&nbsp; Could also end &#039;llot&#039;, another combination perfectly reasonable for French.&nbsp; Due to the random scratch interference, I&#039;m not sure whether it&#039;s 1 name or 2.&nbsp; Tantalizingly, my sources tell me there was a Belgian gem engraver named Leonard Jehotte.&nbsp; There are a surprising number of late 18th - 19th century gem engravers with names beginning with L who are unknown to me.&nbsp; None of the L names have the conformation of this signature.&nbsp; Engravers only get listed if they worked in stone &amp; it&#039;s rarely noted if they also used shell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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