Featured Costume jewellery marks, please help!

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Simona Buhus, Sep 8, 2024.

  1. Simona Buhus

    Simona Buhus Well-Known Member

    Good evening,
    The below brooch bought it at a antique market as sterling silver. After I had it tested turned up is not sterling, but it has a 5 pointed crown mark, please see below. I wonder if anyone can recognise the maker’s mark. I only know Rolex to have a similar mark, I doubt this brooch has anything to do with Rolex.
    The second item is a necklace, bought it few years back, I bought it as a designer necklace, but now I can’t remember the name. Does anyone recognise the maker’s name / mark?
    Thank you.
    Kind regards,
    Simona
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  2. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    The necklace looks like it has an Alpaca mark, aka "costume". The pin is 1930s pot metal and rhinestone and I haven't a clue of whodunnit.
     
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  3. Simona Buhus

    Simona Buhus Well-Known Member

    Thank you so much for your response.
    I have managed to find part of the purchase description for the necklace“Modernist BRUTALIST
    Matching Set with Tri-Tone metal”. It has matching earrings, I am looking for them, will post soon.
    The signature starts with Al…., something tells me it’s not Alpaca.

    The brooch it’s exactly as you described it, metal with rhinestones, nicely made brooch, thank you for identifying its age.

    Kind regards,
    Simona
     
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  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    The necklace is probably nickel alloy, brass and copper. A common word used for nickel alloy is alpaca, and it looks like a piece of the 'p' is missing, not uncommon.
     
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  5. Simona Buhus

    Simona Buhus Well-Known Member

    Thank you.
    Here is the purchase photo, can’t find the earrings any more.
    Are there any similar necklaces to this one? I have searched the web and I could only find Abalone shell on Alpaca, nothing else.
    I would appreciate if you could send me a link to anything similar.
    Thank you.
    Kind regards,
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  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Modernist......... not Brutalist. imo
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Ditto. May even be too recent to be considered Modernist.
     
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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I've seen the design here every so often.
     
  9. Simona Buhus

    Simona Buhus Well-Known Member

    Lovely, thank you so much.
    I wonder if the crown in the brooch brings any bells?
    Could it be Trifari?
    Thank you.
     
  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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    I don't think so......
     
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  11. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    is there script in the upper right hand..
     
  12. Simona Buhus

    Simona Buhus Well-Known Member

    No, just the crown
     
  13. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Not a Trifari crown.
     
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