Featured French Jeweler Maker's Mark, does anyone know who it is?

Hello Antiquers,

I have exhausted google searching for the French jeweler to whom this maker's mark belongs to, is anyone familiar with it? Thank you so much!!

 

It IS CUSTOMARY for the inquirer to post an image of the WHOLE item, as well as the close up of the potential maker’s mark. The latter you have done!! Could you add the WHOLE item please, as it does help in identifying it....makers are often identified by their ‘styles’....so every bit of information you give us helps US to HELP YOU!!!

 

Welcome Maria.

C (symbol) D.

http://www.silvercollection.it/frenchsilversmithsC.html

 

That would be great if we could see what the symbol is - and know the word for it in French. I wish that site had pictures.

Maybe a better focused picture from Maria could help?

 

A flower? Une fleur?

 

Just checked the list, it doesn't seem to be there.
@kyratango once gave me the link to a very good French site, but that no longer exists. Kyra, any new sites?

 

There's one for une rose but it's also supposed to have a star (etoile?)

 

Yes, I saw that one, a star at the bottom, which this one doesn't have.
I also saw that there is a mark with a four leaf clover (un trèfle à quatre feuilles), but that turns out to have the initials CDP.

 

Without additional photographs, we're all playing Name The Animal. We know it is one but more information would be helpful in helping us help you.

Debora

 

OK, still no computer, til NEXT week now....am LEFT handed and NO tablet which also means NO pen, so working with strictly DH's RIGHT handed mouse!!! Putting all that I saw right side up.....I personally ONLY saw the D and one stem with 3 flower buds (?) in that 'cartouche' and the other two looked like definite figures to me!! S'all I've got!!!! AND I could be all wet!!!!!!!!!!

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Bottom is French made for export Mercury mark. Not sure for which fineness though. This item is gold right? The lighting could be playing tricks on me? Looks like the .950 silver mark but if it’s gold it would either be .750, .840, or .920.

 

Sorry, all I can see is a pixie with his head above the D........my brain refuses to see anything else now!

 

Alas... No
This site was so fantastic and easy to use... A pity!!!

 

Still no picture of the whole piece!
@MariaA

 

This site is not easy to use, especially if you have no French at your command, but it is one resource for French makers' marks:

http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/marque_fr?ACTION=NOUVEAU&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4$%34P

A search for initials C.D. produces an illustrated list.