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Greetings,

Can anyone make out what this says? I’ve ordered this little piece online and can’t make out etching on the back. It’ll be at my new residence in a week or so. Maybe then I’ll be able to get better pictures.

Any help is appreciated! What the seller listed it as was coral, 1950’s.

This looks like shell to me.

 

Do you mean an inscription in the shell or the markings on the mount?

I am sure you will be able to do a better job, so I will wait.

 

Markings on the mount

 

Tweaked it a bit, don't know if it helps:


Could be a generic manufacturer's code.

 

Unless it says H GOLD (dot) LTD-or-ETA W B-or-8 1-or-I, I'll also need to wait for a better pic.

 

It’s arrived, I think it’s gold plated but the little marks meaning by it are still a mystery. She’s also a rather thick shell.

 

2.5 microns,usually called gold vermeil.

 

So this is plated, correct?

 

If it is vermeil it is goldplated silver.

 

Do the last three say WBS? Or WBB?

 

I think WBS
And it says gold pltd, so plated. I don't know if vermeil would have the same mark. It wouldn't here in the Netherlands.

 

I see: 2.5 GOLD PLTD W ES

I don't know what it means.

 

WBS Ward Brothers,they made a lot of cameo jewelry.

 

Nice!