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<p>[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 2299184, member: 5006"]It is not a hallmark<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>French maker’s marks on jewellery are always in this diamond/lozenge shape<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> no matters if silver or gold...</p><p>925 is not a mark used on French made silver... Our hallmarks (very tiny!!!) for silver are a boar’s head or a crab, depending if assayed in Paris or provinces, bigger pieces bear the Minerva head.</p><p>Check carefully all over your ring, usually if a piece bears a maker’s mark, it will have the hallmark too! The hallmark is so tiny you could think it is a ding![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 2299184, member: 5006"]It is not a hallmark:facepalm: French maker’s marks on jewellery are always in this diamond/lozenge shape:) no matters if silver or gold... 925 is not a mark used on French made silver... Our hallmarks (very tiny!!!) for silver are a boar’s head or a crab, depending if assayed in Paris or provinces, bigger pieces bear the Minerva head. Check carefully all over your ring, usually if a piece bears a maker’s mark, it will have the hallmark too! The hallmark is so tiny you could think it is a ding![/QUOTE]
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