Oh no, it's another impossible mark! Silver cross

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  1. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Honking great big silver cross. Set with pale garnets and marcasite, with one stone replaced with an alexandrite rhinestone.

    But, oh, the mark.....! It has 925 on the bale and what looks like a conjoined TT. Plus something teeny tiny.

    Anyone, please?

    U62E.jpg U62F.jpg U62D.jpg U62C.jpg U62B.jpg U62A.jpg U62G.jpg U62I.jpg U62H.jpg U62G.jpg
     
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  2. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    Wow, that is quite a cross! Garnets and marcasites?
     
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  3. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

  4. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Are you thinking the one on the left of the two punches or the right? The left one is 925 - I can't make out the very far right one, if that makes sense. And that TT.

    Lucille, yes, pale garnets and marcasite with one odd stone. Five inches long, three wide!
     
  5. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    I would SO wear that ! Lovely ! Is that a lions head next to the 925 in the 8th picture?
     
  6. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I don't think it's a lion, but it's seriously tiny. Nice, isn't it!
     
  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    A stunning piece, obb.
    I have seen that TT before, but where? The tiny mark next to 925, could that be a shell? (Think Shell logo.)
    The alexandrite glass navette is a gorgeous colour, but a bit too big. A buyer can always get a garnet navette replacement, but the colour may not match.
     
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  8. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    The alexandrite is also a foiled rhinestone, rather than a proper garnet. Yeah, matching is going to be a pig! I'll have a squint at the mark again.
     
  9. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    hell of a nice cross Owned !!!!!!
     
  10. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I see a shall shape too. Went looking and came up empty. Definitely not the Dutch sword.
     
  11. i need help

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  12. ALittleBit

    ALittleBit ALittleBit

    The little mark/s to the right of the TT look like animal/s? Sort of medieval creature/s. It's a stunner of a cross. If possible, please replace that alexandrite thingy.
     
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  13. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    When you search "TT mexican silver mark" you find a few examples marked like this,but no maker so far.
     
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  14. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    I’m not even sure the chain was original to the cross.
     
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  15. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    Nice comparable INH! :)
     
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  16. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Thank you, but it’s confusing. :confused:
     
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  17. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It probably wasn't. The other marks on the cross don't point to Mexico.
     
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  18. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I agree, not a Dutch sword. It looks that way from a distance, but the close up revealed two separate marks.
    I can only find shell marks for 18th century French silver, which this isn't.
     
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  19. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Trust me. ;) Yeah, one of the marks is just a tiny 925. It's also stamped 925 inside the bale.
     
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  20. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

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