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Womens Cuff Bracelet Sterling Silver in Adjustible Indian-Style (Jewelry) tagged "fine jewelry" 4 times

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Antique Locket Question: I have a beautiful vintage locket that I want to find out more about.

It is about 2" tall, and I believe it is silver.

500 Pendants & Lockets: Contemporary Interpretations of Classic Adornments

Price: $16.47

On the back there is a line of three small hallmarks - a small "g", a sideways anchor, and a lion.

Above those is another hallmark with WF in it.

The front of the locket has a lovely floral design with rose and green colored silver ~ really pretty. The back does have some "dents" in it from something. I can send pics if you need them!

Mainly I'm trying to find out it's age, and possible value. Thanks so much ~

Answer: G'day Aimee and many thanks for your query.

What you have here is a classic British Hallmark. If you need to find out more about UK Hallmarks there is a Free Hallmarking Course available here (recommended):

The small 'g' is the Date letter to indicate when it was made, while the anchor is the assay office mark showing it was made in Birmingham. The Lion is a quality mark to show it is Sterling silver.

The other mark 'WF' is simply the Makers mark or store name or design identification mark - but you have left off some of the most important information such as the SHAPE of the Hallmark Stamp and the type of Font used in the letters - uppercase, lowercase, old English etc.

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