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a filigree rosary - probably portuguese
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 7:14 am
by natsuki
Hello. I have a .835 silver rosary of Our Lady of Fatima, which has an assay mark that looks like a bird profile and another mark which may be a maker's mark. Could anyone identify them? Please help me out. Thanks a lot in advance.
Natsuki Hirokawa
Re: a filigree rosary - probably portuguese
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 7:37 am
by AG2012
Hi,
Yes, it`s Portugal mark, more precisely Porto Assay office.
Take a look here:
http://www.925-1000.com/Fportugal1938.html
Regards
Re: a filigree rosary - probably portuguese
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 7:49 am
by natsuki
Hello AG2012. Thank you very much for the information. Is the other the maker's mark?
Natsuki
Re: a filigree rosary - probably portuguese
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 7:55 am
by AG2012
Current marks were used since 1986, meaning your rosary was made between 1938 - 1986.
On May 1st, 1986, was created the current Assay Offices Department of the Portuguese Mint and Official Printing Office, incorporating the Lisbon and Oporto Assay Offices, with the later including a delegation in Gondomar, which remained with Decree-Law no. 170/99 of 19 May that transformed INCM into a corporation (SA) with state-owned capital only.
Re: a filigree rosary - probably portuguese
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 7:59 am
by natsuki
Thank you very much for the information concerning the dating of the rosary. It helps much.
Natsuki
Re: a filigree rosary - probably portuguese
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 8:35 am
by AG2012
Unfortunately, cannot recognize the maker`s mark.
Regards
Re: a filigree rosary - probably portuguese
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 8:40 am
by natsuki
Thank you very much anyway. Have a good day.
Natsuki