QuestionI HAVE A BRACELET AND THERE ARE FIVE MARKS,THREE ARE OF A HEAD THAT LOOKS LIKE MERCURY,THEY FACE DIFFERENT WAYS AND POSITIONS BUT ARE THE SAME.THE OTHER IS A RABBIT HEAD.THE LAST IS "S" AN ARROW THEN "F".IF THAT LAST ONE IS A MANUFACTURERS MARK FORGIVE ME FOR ASKING, SINCE YOU ALREADY STATED NOT TO ASK ABOUT THEM.I DON'T SEE ANY NUMBERS LIKE 14KT OR 18KT.SO I THOUGHT THE MARKS MIGHT MEAN METAL QUALITY?THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOU HELP.
WARM REGARDS,
STEPHEN
AnswerFollow-up. Steve, I took a look at some French hallmarks and a mercury head is there. I have two links which might help. Copy and paste the links. It will be up to you to see if these marks are like the ones you see on the bracelet.
Main Site of Hallmarks
http://www.chicagosilver.com/marks_master_list.htm
This is a link from the site on French marks:
http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_marks.html
I hope this might help a little. Thomas.
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Steve, I honestly have no clue what these marks may mean. I see nothing related to metal quality. It is possible these are foreign markings but are not from the UK or other countries with which I am vaguely familiar.
A search is a library may help if you are that inclined to research it. You would need to find a book for "collectors" of jewelry, watches and perhaps old silver which includes hallmarks from various locations in the world. To me, this is a strange yet very interesting set of marks.
Thanks for asking. Very sorry I do not have and answer other than it does not appear to have anything to do with metal quality.
Try again anytime, I am generally able to answer most questions off the top of my thoughts.
God Bless and Peace. Thomas. March 7, 2008 6:32pm
