Help with gold hallmark rams head?

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  1. suzanne mckay

    suzanne mckay New Member

    Hi.. can anyone shed any light on hallmark which looks to me to be a rams head?.. is this french? the earrings also are stamped A 891K ... i believe this is the gold percentage content?
    Many thanks in advance for your thoughts.
    Suzanne[​IMG]
     
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Welcome suzanne. Could we see the entire piece please? And the 'A 891K' mark on the earrings?
    Yes, it is a French guarantee mark for gold (Paris).
     
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  3. suzanne mckay

    suzanne mckay New Member

    Thank you for your reply.. Yes i will try to take an image of the other marks.. they are on the threads of the earrings so a bit rubbed ..I will upload further images now... Do you think these earrings have any age ?.. there is no date letter
     
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  4. suzanne mckay

    suzanne mckay New Member

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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    My guess would be 1970s-90s. They are really nice, stylish.
    The mark looks like a maker's mark. Unfortunately it is not in the marks references I have, which are mostly old marks.
    Maybe our French member @kyratango has an idea.:)
     
  6. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Pave set if that helps. They do look 80s in style.
     
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  7. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

  8. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Sorry, forgot to WELCOME you Suzanne!!!!! SO, WELCOME!!!:happy::happy::happy:
    Enhanced a bit.....?
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  9. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    As a left facing ram's head, this French hallmark was used from August 16, 1819 to May 9, 1838. Finding this mark indicates the item has tested with limited warranty by touchstone to be a minimum of 18kt or 750/1000 parts gold. Origin of the mark is Paris, France.
    http://hallmarkresearch.com/html/archives.html
     
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  10. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    I'd check the French colonies including Egypt for the second mark.
     
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  11. suzanne mckay

    suzanne mckay New Member

    Thank you to all who replied.. gratefully appreciated... my concern with the dated french hallmark its that the earrings are lever back.. which i believe was not introduced until the early 1900's or so google leads me to believe..(googling all day and this stuff is a mind field). would it be possible they have been modified ? i agree they are way later styling... completely confused. xxxxxx
     
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  12. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    I'd check Czecho-Slovakia that had a ramhead post-WWI.
     
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  13. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I must say, I was wondering if they reintroduced the ram's head. Not only are the leverbacks later, as you rightly remarked, the style of the earrings is much later.
     
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  14. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Czecho-Slovakia has different bird heads for gold.
    Until 192-something they had a ram's head with smaller horns for .750 silver fineness.
     
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  15. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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    lever...or latchback.....
     
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  16. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I'd agree, that style is way later.
     
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  17. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Invented in the 1880s if I remember correctly.
     
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  18. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Sorry, I meant the earring style itself, not the latch back.
     
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  19. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Oh, ok. Yes, the style of the earrings is much later.
     
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  20. suzanne mckay

    suzanne mckay New Member

    Thank you to all who replied.. The information is gratefully appreciated.. x
     
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