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Please help identify markings on this bracelet "Karls?" "STS?"

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 1:27 pm
by mkad
It's a very nice bracelet; locking clasped bracelet with a row of lapis, but I can't identify the markings.
What I assumed originally was a 925, under magnification says, I think, "STS," and underneath that, it looks like "Karls (Kaits? Kaifs? Kads?)." It's an elaborate bracelet, but it doesn't seem to be machine made, there's a bit of a mismatch in the grilling.
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I may be overthinking it, but as I was searching I even wondered if it was another language, I'm fairly sure, from other angles, that it's not SVS or SYS, but I could be wrong, but if I'm looking at the STS upsidedown, it could be the Scandinavian SÅS, and the s is unusual in Russian, but Karls could be Капѕ, Калѕ, Кагтѕ, or Кадѕ, or maybe καπς in Greek, but I'm probably going too far in the wrong direction.

Re: Please help identify markings on this bracelet "Karls?" "STS?"

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 1:44 pm
by dognose
Hi,

It's Karis. If you Google 'karis jewellery' you'll find several examples.

I note one seller states that STS is an Austin, Texas company and 'Karis' a brand name, but I cannot confirm that.

Trev.

Re: Please help identify markings on this bracelet "Karls?" "STS?"

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:26 pm
by silverly
So far everything I've seen by Karis STS is "bonded" sterling silver or gold on brass.