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European Brooch Hallmark Identification
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 4:24 pm
by carol stout
Please help me identify the marks on the following:
Re: European Brooch Hallmark Identification
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:43 pm
by David Johnson
Hi Carol,
Its a bit difficult to tell from the picture but looks like the Chester hallmark for 1909. This is a a typical English 'sweetheart' brooch of the period. The maker's mark is unknown to me (and I can't find it).
David
Re: European Brooch Hallmark Identification
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:01 pm
by dognose
Maker is Harry and Charles Banks, trading as H & C Banks, manufacturing jewellers of 41, Northampton Street, Birmingham. They entered their first mark at the Chester Assay Office on the 12th January 1907.
Trev.