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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;quirkygirl, post: 283134, member: 106&quot;]Here are the cuff links I purchased yesterday and after hours of searching, I know no more than I did when I first saw them.&nbsp; I gave up early on trying to figure out what the coat of arms represents (if anything at all) ... I cannot make out the teeny tiny hallmark stamps (what I <i>think</i> are hallmark stamps, I should say) - they were heavily tarnished when I picked them up and have polished up nicely, so I assume they have some silver content ... how much is still a mystery.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one thing that I saw that caused me to buy them was the itsy bitsy diamond shaped stamp ... which to me looks like a French maker&#039;s mark.&nbsp; Looks like a &#039;M&#039;, a pickaxe, and a &#039;G&#039;? (or &#039;O&#039;, or &#039;Q&#039; ... really don&#039;t know), but am not seeing a mark described as such on silvercollection or 925-1000 ... so fine, if I could just get confirmation that these probably are french, I can live with them being made by &quot;a couple d&#039;hommes in a shed&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The underside of the face of the cuff links looks odd to me ... like a casting almost ... and there is a very slight raised rim on the undersides of both the face and (whatever the other end is called) ... the rim is only on the undersides though.&nbsp; Plus I notice that the same defect on crown (4th spike in from the right is barely visible) is on both cuff links ... so same (mold? stamp?) was used to make them both ....?</p><p><br /></p><p>So .... French ... oui or non?</p><p>Any way to guess age?</p><p>I cannot make out any of the hallmarks ... can anyone tell what they are (or which way is the stamp and which is the back)?</p><p><br /></p><p>face size about 7/8&quot; by ¾&quot; (2.3 cm by 1.9 cm)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]90703[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]90706[/ATTACH]</p><p>showing how small marks are</p><p>[ATTACH=full]90705[/ATTACH]</p><p>close-up maker mark from each cuff link</p><p>[ATTACH=full]90707[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]90708[/ATTACH]</p><p>hallmark one side</p><p>[ATTACH=full]90709[/ATTACH]</p><p>other side</p><p>[ATTACH=full]90710[/ATTACH]</p><p>hallmark on different link</p><p>[ATTACH=full]90711[/ATTACH]</p><p>not sure which way is up</p><p>[ATTACH=full]90712[/ATTACH]</p><p>and back?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]90713[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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