Could you help me.
I have spent quite a lot of time and had no success locating the touchmarks on this.
Its very large cross - 4 inches x 2 1/2 inches.
Tests as Silver. with worn gold wash
There are 2 marks is on its body (top loop area - not the jump ring). First (at 9 oclock). The cartoouche is coffin shaped and looks pretty much like the head of an animal / gargoyle ??? Above his head is what looks like it is possibly a letter A. The second mark (at 5 ocklock) is either a letter S or a number 8 - not sure which.
The workmanship on the back of this piece - seems very well done.
The other interesting thing with this piece is the way the stones are cut.
They are flat cut with very large table that is virtually as large as the bezel. There is faceting however on the sides. The stone cut can be seen on the fourth pic - look at the left stone - all the round / oval ones are cut like this
The Barrell shape stones (sorry cant think of another way to describe the shape) stones have two horizontal facets accross them.
Having looked closely I am also thinking these stones are foiled ?.
The pearls are real - gritty texture
When I bought this I was thinking maybe austro-hungarian - but now that I cant locate the mark I am unsure ???
Can anyone help with these marks - any info to put me on the right track - your expertise would be much appreciated.
The touchmark photos were really tricky to get - I ended up taking them though a loupe as it was the only way I could get them clear enough.
I hope I did not post to many photos's.
