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Hi,

I have this beautiful little pin made from Dutch silver with different hallmarks and stamps and I would really appreciate some help identifying what it is and maybe date/maker?
It's small pin with a little chain on either side and a lock suspended from one end. It's not a typical pin as it has a curly end so not sure what it is and how it can be worn?
It has a Dutch silver mark "ZII" and 835 for silver, as well as a small engraved mark with a little image of the sun and waves ( hard to identify as very small), it also has a a round punch with letters FS (included a drawing as too small to capture).

I think it might be early 20th c but not sure?
Thank you!
Afa

 

The ZII mark was introduced in 1953, it means an .835 silver item is imported or, very rarely, a re-assayed antique.

The 835 stamp is not Dutch, so that means it was imported some time after 1953. The Netherlands imported a lot of newly made German jewellery, and it is very likely that it was new when punched with the ZII mark.

Imo it is by a German maker, probably Franz Scheuerle, a good name. Scheuerle began to use 925 fineness ca 1980, so my guess is that your pin was made before 1980.
So your timeframe is 1953-1980.

 

Is that a pin for a man? It reminds me of a tie bar pin my Grandfather had?

 

Yes, I think it is a tie pin. The lock dangle probably means the wearer is 'taken'.

 

I thought so. Thanks.