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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4414935, member: 2844&quot;]The indentations on both the pin and the clasp look similar, which means they could be marks. If they are, they are pre-1853, the year the oakleaf mark was introduced for small .583 fineness gold items.</p><p>If only those <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" />Dutch would use bigger marks!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Below are the marks on a small .583 fineness gold brooch I have, which was made in 1856.</p><p>The marks are so tiny, it took me ages to figure out what they were. In this case I was lucky that it had the oakleaf on the clasp, and a clear(ish) W year mark on both clasp and pin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]375529[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]375530[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There is also a maker&#039;s mark, but I can&#039;t read it. Likely to be a The Hague maker though, the brooch was worn with the &#039;burgerdracht&#039; of Scheveningen, middle class ladies who didn&#039;t wear the regional costume. Scheveningen is a fishing village close to The Hague.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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