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Hallmark ID Help of a Letter Opener with Magnifying Glass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 1:51 pm
by GGCallie
I've image searched this and it comes up frequently as Cartier but the hallmark is very worn. I thought I might reach out to see if anyone can shed some light on this item. Cheers.
Re: Hallmark ID Help of a Letter Opener with Magnifying Glass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:15 pm
by silverly
How long this item. 614 apparently goes with the 9" model. May 615 is a different length? Just a thought.
Re: Hallmark ID Help of a Letter Opener with Magnifying Glass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:18 pm
by GGCallie
Hi,
Thanks for your message. Yes, it is 9" in length.
Re: Hallmark ID Help of a Letter Opener with Magnifying Glass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:48 pm
by GGCallie
silverly wrote:How long this item. 614 apparently goes with the 9" model. May 615 is a different length? Just a thought.
Hi again,
I was wondering where you found the information? Thanks for your help.
Re: Hallmark ID Help of a Letter Opener with Magnifying Glass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 3:20 pm
by silverly
The information was gleaned from google images and eBay. But it looks like for now there's no good explanation for your number being 615 and other examples being 614.
Re: Hallmark ID Help of a Letter Opener with Magnifying Glass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 3:26 pm
by GGCallie
I see, thank you again!
Re: Hallmark ID Help of a Letter Opener with Magnifying Glass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 5:23 pm
by Traintime
Might check blade width..614 is 2 1/2". Note #5 is out of register with 61...stamp broke, change of stamp, fake? Cartier places name in full & centered...looks like you have a "C" shaped letter begining just above the center of "STERLING"...might look closer to see if that is correct, which might be a problem unless they have placed an abrreviated mark (????).
Re: Hallmark ID Help of a Letter Opener with Magnifying Glass
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 7:41 pm
by GGCallie
Thanks!
Re: Hallmark ID Help of a Letter Opener with Magnifying Glass
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:28 am
by legrandmogol
The other issue is that Cartier never made silver items such as this, they merely retailed it. They also usually didn't have exclusive rights to the designs they used so unless it clearly states Cartier you can't really even attribute it to Cartier. When this was made Cartier had a lot of their silver items made by Currier & Roby and parts of the mark look like theirs.
Re: Hallmark ID Help of a Letter Opener with Magnifying Glass
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:41 pm
by GGCallie
That's great and interesting information. Thank you very much.