Jewelry Appraisal CenterSterling Silver Cuff Bracelet Question:
Modernist Jewelry 1930-1960: The Wearable Art Movement (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Price: $45.79
I purchased a hand hammered sterling cuff bracelet with many natural pearls and sterling leaves attached on the top of the piece.
There is a TO Hallmark inside of a diamond shape on the inside of the bracelet.
Any clues as to who the maker might be.
I think it is an arts and crafts piece.
Any info would be great. Thank you.
Answer: Hallmarks and Maker's Marks are one of the hardest thing to find information on, because anyone can mark their jewelry (especially an arts piece) without having to register a mark.
Can you imagine a small Chinese Manufacturer wanting to register a mark for the United States, for example. I don't think so.
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G’day and many thanks for your query
Your bracelet sounds delightful so I hope you wear it often and enjoy it – for that’s what the Maker wanted.
The problem is ‘Who was the maker?’
And the simple answer is – Nobody Knows.
The reason is quite simple. There is no central registry for jewelers or designers. In fact – anyone – anywhere can make and stamp their jewelry with whatever they want – and they don’t have to register it anyway.
The largest jewelry manufacturing base in the World right now is South East Asia and China. Can you imagine some manufacturing jeweler there complying with British, European or American standards? I don’t thing so.
You have a much better chance of finding a Maker’s Mark in Antique Jewelry – than you do today. That’s a fact.
You also state that you think it may be an ‘Arts and Crafts’ piece which would date it somewhere between 1861 -1900.
Maybe you mean it is done in that ‘Style’ which basically means anyone who makes jewelry as a hobby or a small craft workshop.
Best you just enjoy it. You might like to place this question on my blog at: http://how2valuejewelry.com/ as someone might have more information. Can’t harm anyway.
Hope this helps.
Good day
I am trying to find some information regarding a bracelet of mine that I have had for may years. it is in its original box as well, 6 small hand painted in oils pictures.
Perbit, Mona Lisa, Laughing Cavalier, Master Lambton Blue Bop and Mrs. Gibbons
Any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated
Many Thanks
Karen Blee
G’day Karen and many thanks for your query.
You didn’t mention what the Bracelet was made from? Is it Gold, Silver or Platinum, OR could it simply be a costume piece made from a base metal?
#HINT – put a child’s magnet on it to see if it is a base metal
The reason I ask is two fold…
1: The pictures on the Porcelain plaques are so well known they are GENERALLY Printed transfers
2: The only bracelets I have seen like this are copies. ie: Costume Jewelry.
Now I can’t see it, feel it, measure or test it, but you should first be checking around the clasp for ANY Hallmarks which will identify it better.
A Photo would be nice too.
Hope that helps. Please get back to me with your results.
Dave