965 Mexican Silver and artist help

infoseeker1957 · Post by **infoseeker1957** » Sun May 30, 2010 2:38 pm

I have a nice vintage pin of a donkey with a turquoise eye pulling a cart of fruit. Very detailed and sturdy and old. Hallmark is Hecho in Mexico D/ and then 965 A.B.M. Any info is appreciated. thanks. [img][img]http://i.imagehost.org/t/0810/jewelry_008.jpg[/img][/img][img][img]http://i.imagehost.org/t/0111/jewelry_009.jpg[/img][/img]

ValkyrieVixen · Post by **ValkyrieVixen** » Sun May 30, 2010 4:46 pm

There is no ABM listed in the hallmark book, more artisans are unknown than known. The mark after Mexico is probably DF for Distrito Federal aka Mexico City. The 965 mark is odd, I've never seen any silver piece marked that way but it doesn't look like a mis-stamp. It dates prior to 1948.