Irish hallmarks - need help identifying

MARK IMAGE REQUIRED
Post Reply
jerraluv
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Apr 21, 2014 5:20 pm

Irish hallmarks - need help identifying

Post by jerraluv »

Hi: I have an Irish pendant with the marks J.MCo and the Dublin assay marks of Britannia and the crowned harp (I think) along with a year indicated by the letter 'X'. Could anyone tell me who the maker was and the year? If not the maker, the year alone would be really helpful. Thanks! Picture at the following URL:
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/origi ... 1f6559.jpg Apologies if you need to cut and paste the URL. I don't know how to get pictures uploaded to this site.

Christie
silvermakersmarks
co-admin
Posts: 1834
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:22 am
Location: Hertfordshire, UK
Contact:

Re: Irish hallmarks - need help identifying

Post by silvermakersmarks »

JMCo is the Jewellery & Metal Manufacturing Co and the "X" is the date letter for 1965. I hope our Irish visitors will not be too offended by your use of the word "Britannia" to describe the seated lady. She is, of course, Hibernia.

Phil
dognose
Site Admin
Posts: 63260
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:53 pm
Location: England

Re: Irish hallmarks - need help identifying

Post by dognose »

Hi Christie,

Welcome to the the Forum.

As Phil has stated, it is the work of The Jewellery & Metal Manufacturing Company of Ireland. Further detail can be found on page one of:

Firms Working in Ireland in the 20th Century

and: http://www.925-1000.com/dlDublin3.html#M

Trev.
jerraluv
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Apr 21, 2014 5:20 pm

Re: Irish hallmarks - need help identifying

Post by jerraluv »

Thank you Phil and Trev, the information is exactly what I was looking for...apologies for the Britannia / Hibernia mixup.

Christie
Post Reply

Return to “Silver Jewelry - Single Image”