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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10351076, member: 2844"]Very nice ear pendants.</p><p>I have no reason to believe they are not Greek. They certainly have the meander symbol, often used in Greece and known in English as 'Greek key'. This nice artisan Modernist style was also used by many Greek jewellery makers.</p><p>I would have a jeweller check the loop on that one earring, a pair of soft nosed pliers should do the job.</p><p><br /></p><p>But they don't have a hallmark, so no proof.</p><p>Afaik Greece doesn't have official precious metal marks. And unlike most other European countries, Greece is not a member of the Hallmarking Convention, so no convention mark either (for which a country needs to hallmark anyway).</p><p><br /></p><p>For those who are interested in hallmarking, the Hallmarking Convention mark is a pair of scales with the fineness in the balancing part. The Convention was started 50 years ago, but many member states joined later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10351076, member: 2844"]Very nice ear pendants. I have no reason to believe they are not Greek. They certainly have the meander symbol, often used in Greece and known in English as 'Greek key'. This nice artisan Modernist style was also used by many Greek jewellery makers. I would have a jeweller check the loop on that one earring, a pair of soft nosed pliers should do the job. But they don't have a hallmark, so no proof. Afaik Greece doesn't have official precious metal marks. And unlike most other European countries, Greece is not a member of the Hallmarking Convention, so no convention mark either (for which a country needs to hallmark anyway). For those who are interested in hallmarking, the Hallmarking Convention mark is a pair of scales with the fineness in the balancing part. The Convention was started 50 years ago, but many member states joined later.[/QUOTE]
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