Can someone help me identify the marks on my ugly duckling?

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Dessert58, Oct 7, 2022.

  1. Dessert58

    Dessert58 Well-Known Member

    AC9FE4DD-B5C3-4FBC-A0D3-953AC0B22867.jpeg 7C048514-03E4-4E8B-B1FC-86225F847335.jpeg B5254A49-0696-4928-B172-31AD29D523AD.jpeg 3DEC9DCD-35A6-42B9-8D1C-1075560D0A5A.jpeg 8CCF767C-558E-4A7F-958E-6BB281FA2B8E.jpeg 9F291CC2-107F-4190-B64C-8B43516356A9.jpeg So, this is a brooch that I bought for next to nothing in a lot of jewelry. It came from the Netherlands, and when I held it in my hands I could cry: someone had glued/soldered an ugly glass rhinestone on the middle 'cap'.

    This type of jewelry usually had senailles (small, simple cut diamonds) or rose/table cut diamonds, who were put on a cap that was covered with silver foil, as to enhance the diamonds lustre in candle- lit banquets).

    So I started to remove the hideous rhinestone, and the whole cap came off!:nailbiting:
    Honestly, I like it better this way than before. Putting the cap on would not be too much a hassle, finding and setting the right rosecut diamond would be a costly affaire I m afraid.
    So for now it waits for the right stone in my repair box.

    but now my question: I do recognize a little sword stamp, but the rest of the stamps are a mystery to me. Can someone help me with reading those marks please?
    Thank you very much!
    This is what the brooch would look like, repaired: https://juweelwinkel.nl/product/zilveren-broche-gezet-met-roos-geslepen-diamant-antiek/
     
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  2. Dessert58

    Dessert58 Well-Known Member

  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    The things people do with jewellery!:rolleyes:
    No doubt you'll find a way to restore it sympathetically, taking style and period into account.:)
    The maker's mark is not in my files, so I'll tag @DragonflyWink for you.
    Just wondering, is it HJ, or is it H and a symbol? A shoe? Duckling?;)
    The other mark is probably a maker's code, for his own reference.

    I'm sure you know the period of this particular sword mark, but for others who come across this thread, it is the 1814-1905 sword.
     
  4. Dessert58

    Dessert58 Well-Known Member

    922FEDF3-1AC5-42DB-963A-C6CD7E468ECD.jpeg Any Jewelry, thank you very much for your reply.
    No doubt it will first sit for some years in my 'repair' hoard before I find a good jeweler/replacement stone.
    I do have a spare 'cup' with intact rosecut diamond but thats intended for yet another brooch :bored:

    I think I see a H and underneath I see a symbol, might be a branch?
    no ducklings:happy:
     
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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Pity.:(:joyful:
    Maybe a flower? I tried to crop and tweak it:

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  6. Dessert58

    Dessert58 Well-Known Member

    Hello Any Jewelry, yes, could be a flower!
     
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  7. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Could it be an anchor?
     
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  8. Dessert58

    Dessert58 Well-Known Member

    Bronwen, could be an anchor, I even see a bird now :angelic:
     
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  9. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    I see a ship with a sail.
     
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