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Le Tallec's pieces without these marks are likely to be produced between 1930 and 1941. Incrementation of the dating system was done every six-month period from 1941 to 1991, then every year since. By 1978, date of the transfer of the atelier from Belleville to rue de Reuilly in Paris, the date mark starts by R (for Reuilly), then the letter.
The silver and/or gold metal hallmarks used by the silversmith are as follows: from 1844 to 1935, a scale with a bee between the trays, topped by 4 stars, 2 branches below and the letters CC, all in an oval in a rectangle. since 1935, the letters CC are replaced by the letters OC, for "Orfèvrerie Christofle", as a company mark.
In French it is sometimes called a souvenir, but this is a false friend, souvenir being the infinitive for the verb "to remember". Bijouterie , the art of making or wearing bijoux, has thus developed its own private language or rebus known only to the initiated.
A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of metal, mostly to certify the content of noble metals—such as platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium. In a more general sense, the term hallmark is used to refer to any standard of quality.
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Pages in category "French jewellery designers" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Jean Schlumberger (jewelry designer) Léa Stein; T.
The Paris Mint and the national postal service said Tuesday that 5-euro and 15-euro coins will be available in silver while the 100-euro coin will be in gold. Interesting enough, a further limited set of gold and silver coins will be issued by 2010, with the highest value a gold 500-euro coin was also recently announce by the French Mint. [2]