Bronwen: I can't find your article. Can you send? by: Jane
I'm searching for Bronwen's ariticle on Egyptian and Russian hallmarks. I'm trying to figure out some Egyptian hallmarks on a piece I have that looks like the Egyptian Scarab spider legs/flower petals broach, but has a jewel in the center instead of a scarab. How can we find the hallmark guide you've written?
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Egyptian & Russian hallmarks by: Bronwen
These look like perfectly ordinary Egyptian hallmarks. I have put everything I know about those into a guide:
I got interested in Egyptian jewelry more broadly after acquiring a pair of earrings with what turned out to be synthetic color change sapphires (often sold as synthetic alexandrite) & Egyptian hallmarks. The Soviet Union was the producer of these stones & also made jewelry with them, so I have seen many examples of Soviet work while looking for pieces to go with the earrings.
The USSR marked their jewelry profusely & conspicuously, using the European numeric system to indicate gold content, along with an assortment of symbols such as a star & a worker's head.
While I have heard of pieces deliberately being marked as of lesser content than actual, to make it easier to get these items out of the country, I have never heard of their resorting to using Egyptian marks.
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What did 700 years old Egyptian Silver Jewelry look like? by: Anonymous
Like to find out what silver Jewelry in Egypt looked like 700yrs ago? Any ideas?
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Egyptian Marks on Russian Jewelry by: Anonymous
Linda - that's an interesting comment you make, about the Russians being famous for using egyptian hallmarks. If anyone has any info in relation to egyptian marks used on jewelry at any time period in russia please chirp in..
