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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 526743, member: 2844&quot;]Yes, it looks like the Dutch sword mark of 1906-1953. It is always difficult to see which sword a mark actually is. The hallmark designers clearly had little imagination and only changed minor details whenever a new mark was needed.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not a mistake buy, and it has value.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It is made in the style of Zeeland, the southwestern delta/island province of the Netherlands. The rosette is called &#039;Zeeuwse knoop&#039;, Zeeland button. They were originally buttons, but they made their way into jewellery.</p><p>I have never seen one set with yellow glass though, they are usually all gold or silver, like this one:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F85%2Fcb%2F76%2F85cb764bcb4864fe11afec8afd8476ff.jpg&amp;sp=41f31e15a416c116dde4e56a3ef3c882" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or set with Bohemian garnets, like this ring:</p><p><img src="https://www.voordeelsieraden.nl/pub/media/catalog/product/cache/image/870x1110/e9c3970ab036de70892d86c6d221abfe/1/8/18-071.4.4-voordeelsieraden-14k-gouden-ring-granaat-zeeuwse-knoop-_4_.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Silver was generally worn when in mourning. The usual gold and coral were considered too bright and happy, so they were replaced with silver and garnet. After some time people were allowed to wear gold and garnet, like the ring above, and when the mourning period ended gold and coral came out of storage.</p><p>Yellow stones would have been considered too bright for mourning, what would the neighbours think.</p><p>The way the glass is set, with those triangular claw prongs is also very unusual.</p><p><br /></p><p>They don&#039;t look like rhinestones to me. Rhinestones are lead glass or crystal, these look like regular glass. Could be Bohemian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you mean real amber?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":punch:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":punch:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":punch:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Barn, with the yellow glass and the possible amber cab, I wonder if your bracelet could have been made in the Netherlands for the (north) German market. Northern Germany has a tradition of lavish silver jewellery, and amber of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Zeeland button as it was originally worn, vice-admiral Aert van Nes by Ferdinand Bol, 1667:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Portret_van_een_zee-overste%2C_waarschijnlijk_vice-admiraal_Aert_van_Nes_%281626-1693%29_Rijksmuseum_SK-C-107.jpeg/478px-Portret_van_een_zee-overste%2C_waarschijnlijk_vice-admiraal_Aert_van_Nes_%281626-1693%29_Rijksmuseum_SK-C-107.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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