Assistance to identify markers on silver brooch and should I buy

It's true , though !!!

 

Bequeathing jewellery can be a perilous business:........

less so when the family is small...
In her will , Mom left things to me & to my daughter...
Before she passed, my daughter had already been gifted certain items, and as Mom lay in a bed gasping for air...I had started giving out a piece of her jewelry to each of her nieces. ( I wasn't aware of the will at that time.)
( it's funny to note that most of the jewelry left to me.....which was native jewelry...I had at one time...sold to her !!! )
The only item of hers that I had ever wanted....was stolen from her by 'help' we let in the house to look after her !!!!

 

I've heard that song before! My grandmother gave us grandkids pieces of jewelry before she died and left instructions about furniture. She had cancer, and had some time to think about it. My dad was an only child, so he had to deal with everything on that side. I was three when his mother died,so didn't have a say. On mom's side, the only thing that caused an argument were some Libby glasses with carousel animals on them. All of the older grandkids remembered using them and wanted them; the oldest girl got them.

Now, there's only one grandchild again, so my niece is in line to inherit the lot of family jewelry. I sold off one Neiger-style necklace of my grandmother's a long time ago, because I knew I'd never wear it. Most of the rest is still here. The good stuff is mostly in my sister's safe deposit box at the bank, where it can stay for all of me.

 

Whenever I have people in the store asking if I buy things, I always tell to ask their grandkids before selling anything.
It's not the kids who necessarily want something, it is the grandkids who do. And it usually isn't the valuables. It's what grandma let them play with or hold. Or whatever they fixated on while they had to sit and be quiet.

 

Oh yes, I find selling at shows that people could care less what their parents had, but if I have something that their grandparents had they make a bee line for it! Glass, pottery, wooden items, jewelry, it doesn't make a difference. If their grandparents had it they want it!

 

Too true. Parents' stuff is "that old junk", but the stuff from Grandma's has all sorts of memories attached. One of my prized possessions is Grandpa's old railroad shop screwdriver. Sometimes people get attached to really odd pieces. That's why some strange things get still get bidding wars to this day. Two people want one "just like Grandma's" and won't stop until they get it.

 

the only thing i have from my grandma...is the memory of her baking me cookies.....sigh,

 

My grandfather was the baker in the family; he died just before I turned seven. Never could duplicate his sugar cookies. On of my cousins, in his 60s, is still trying to make Grandpa's cheesecake.

 

The maker is Mikimoto! very real

 

Thanks. This is an old thread, but we'll remember the mark.

 

post # 17 ...M.Forjan suggests Mikimoto..... strongly.

 

She did, and inh thought it was Mikimoto as well. The thing is, Marie asked if the mark was an M in a scallop shell shape, but Angela never replied to her question. The mark is too small for most of us to recognize.

 

Have spent some of the last month or so going through family items, (thank you COVID) with my 20 yr. old daughter who is stuck home with us. Mostly jewelry, family pieces with history - and she' s enjoying it!! Even recording the sessions on her iphone. It will all go to her - benefits of being an only child. She wasn't interested until this summer. It's been quite a treat for me. Even given her a few pieces.

 

I used to sit and pore over some old family photo albums; I was a weird kid.(LOL)