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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9485182, member: 15376"]<p style="text-align: center">Good evening peeps! The last couple of weeks have been good ones for carboot sales, and this week was no exception.</p> <p style="text-align: center">BUT, this time the pieces bring in more questions than answers, so its time for a little bit of show and tell and pick your brains.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">To start off, I found this in a misc/junk bin, a Pierre Toulhoat ermine pendant in sterling. Its not marked silver, although there's a tiny stamp on the ring which might be trying to be that 925. Toulhoats work is stunning, so one to watch out for for sure in future! I love his rings in particular. He also fetches quite a bit, so even at 2.03g I've gotten back my 33 cents.</p> <p style="text-align: center">A link if anyone is interested, he did lots of work for his region of Brittany, including stained glass, regional, and religious pieces: <a href="https://www.toulhoat.com/toulhoat-histoire/oeuvre-pierre-toulhoat/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.toulhoat.com/toulhoat-histoire/oeuvre-pierre-toulhoat/" rel="nofollow">https://www.toulhoat.com/toulhoat-histoire/oeuvre-pierre-toulhoat/</a></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]444622[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]444623[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Also in the junk bin, this jumped out and landed in my bag! Silly earring, however it did stay there, despite being a solo. I think it'll make quite the pendant! Without marks of any kind its quite hard to pin down date wise, is this 70s? I do wish there were two because I tried it on and it makes SUCH a fun statement.</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]444619[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]444624[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">The final bin find was this sterling ring, which rather annoyingly has been cut through one of the marks. However the 925 mark remains, as well as a lozenge on the inside. The ring was cut and squeezed rather than rejoined. I do have a clear picture of the lozenge mark, 'A<font size="5">T</font>E' but I can't find anything on it. The style is modern, perhaps too modern for online hallmarks?</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]444628[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]444626[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]444630[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9485182, member: 15376"][CENTER]Good evening peeps! The last couple of weeks have been good ones for carboot sales, and this week was no exception. BUT, this time the pieces bring in more questions than answers, so its time for a little bit of show and tell and pick your brains. To start off, I found this in a misc/junk bin, a Pierre Toulhoat ermine pendant in sterling. Its not marked silver, although there's a tiny stamp on the ring which might be trying to be that 925. Toulhoats work is stunning, so one to watch out for for sure in future! I love his rings in particular. He also fetches quite a bit, so even at 2.03g I've gotten back my 33 cents. A link if anyone is interested, he did lots of work for his region of Brittany, including stained glass, regional, and religious pieces: [URL]https://www.toulhoat.com/toulhoat-histoire/oeuvre-pierre-toulhoat/[/URL] [ATTACH=full]444622[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]444623[/ATTACH] Also in the junk bin, this jumped out and landed in my bag! Silly earring, however it did stay there, despite being a solo. I think it'll make quite the pendant! Without marks of any kind its quite hard to pin down date wise, is this 70s? I do wish there were two because I tried it on and it makes SUCH a fun statement. [ATTACH=full]444619[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]444624[/ATTACH] The final bin find was this sterling ring, which rather annoyingly has been cut through one of the marks. However the 925 mark remains, as well as a lozenge on the inside. The ring was cut and squeezed rather than rejoined. I do have a clear picture of the lozenge mark, 'A[SIZE=5]T[/SIZE]E' but I can't find anything on it. The style is modern, perhaps too modern for online hallmarks? [ATTACH=full]444628[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]444626[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]444630[/ATTACH][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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