Is this a Francisco Rivera Mark?

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nancy128
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Is this a Francisco Rivera Mark?

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I have looked through your Mexican Marks and I think that the ring I have is made by Francisco Rivera. Can you confirm this? Thank you in advance. I'm sorry for the gigantic pictures. I'm still working on how to fix that.
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That could be the mark of Francisco Rivera, not sure. It's also similar to a mark used by Juventino Lopez Reyes, he had different styles of his mark. Here's a scan from my only book on Mexican marks comparing their marks. Your guess is as good as mine.

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Post by admin »

Hi,
The marks are similar, but Reyes was a maker of holloware in Mexico City.
It's likely a small version of Rivera's mark. As far as maker's marks go, Rivera's commonly seen mark is quite large and would never have fit in a ring shank. Seem to recall reading somewhere that he liked to work in 980 and hung on to the standard long after most others switched to 925.

Regards, Tom
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