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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 252704, member: 44&quot;]I just don&#039;t know. The French crab mark used in silver is of a different shape and I can&#039;t find a crab used as a French gold mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, That same chart of Italian gold purity marks was where I found the rhombus for Italian hallmarking and of course knowing it needed a standard marker&#039;s mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: The mark is strange crab mark for sure. With all those hanging appendages, it looks more like one of those aliens in that 1996 movie &quot;Independence Day&quot; with Will Smith.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m lost on gold hallmarks. I usually can fight my way through silver hallmarks with the help of Tardy&#039;s <i>International Hallmarks on Silver;</i> Rainwater&#039;s Encyclopedia of <i>American Silver Mfg&#039;ers</i>; <i>Jackson&#039;s Hallmarks: English, Scottish, Irish</i>, etc...; Hougart&#039;s <i>Little Book on Mexican Silver..</i>.; Ensko&#039;s <i>American Silversmiths &amp; Their Marks</i>; Wright&#039;s <i>Hallmarks of the Southwest</i>; McGrew&#039;s Manufacturers&#039; of Marks on American Coin Silver; along with with a couple of Kovels and Wyler books all known to have erroneous info. Also the many silver online books and websites are a great help in silver research. My next reference book may be on gold hallmarks if I can find a reputable reasonably price one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully Cheryl will chime in on this query. I&#039;d be interested to know the country of origin on these marks. [USER=111]@DragonflyWink[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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