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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dr.Love, post: 13204143, member: 123864&quot;]Hello everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m hoping someone here can help me identify the maker’s mark and possible country of origin of a family heirloom bracelet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bracelet is yellow gold with a grape-and-vine openwork design and turquoise cabochons. It weighs 22.87 grams and has three clearly stamped 750 marks, indicating 18-karat gold if authentic.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I’m most interested in is a separate symbol or group of characters stamped repeatedly on the bracelet. As you can see in the attached close-up photos, the same mark appears in several places. Some impressions are partly interrupted by the openwork cutouts, but others are quite clear.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mark doesn’t look like a typical Latin-letter hallmark to me. It almost looks like a script or stylized symbol, and I’m wondering whether it could be associated with Armenian, Persian/Iranian, or another Middle Eastern jewelry maker—or possibly a European maker.</p><p><br /></p><p>For family background, my mother was born in Japan in 1941 and moved to the United States in the early 1970s. I believe she may have given the bracelet to my paternal grandmother, who was Armenian and had lived in Iran before coming to the United States after World War II. Unfortunately, I don’t know where or when the bracelet was originally purchased.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m researching its history and would love to identify the mark, maker, or approximate period of manufacture. I’m not looking to sell the bracelet; I simply want to understand what I have and learn more about its history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone seen this particular mark before, or can you recommend a reference catalogue that might help identify it?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for any insight![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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