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Hi- I was hoping someone could ID the maker's mark on this bracelet. It's got an Portuguese assay mark of a small article, second standard, from Porto- an eagle? head facing left in a beveled rectangle with the number 833 below it. Next to the assay mark is a maker's mark- looks like a rising sun with a capital "A" above it. The mark is too small to get a pic of but I did a rough sketch. The maker's mark appears not only on the clasp, but also on both the small rings that connect the safety chain to the bracelet. THanks!

A, above rising sun = António Pinto Bernardino (mark reg.: 1927-1973), Gondomar.

Hello »Garnet«

The maker’s mark on yours bracelet is that of António Pinto Bernardino, from Gondomar, registered for the time span 1927-1973.

Yours bracelet is »assayed« between 1938 and 1973.

The style of the bracelet is in a more ‘conventional’ Portuguese interpretation of a mix of stylistic elements between »Art Nouveau« and »Art deco«.

Source for the fineness mark: # 49, page 12 (1938-1984), in the volume II of:
Source for the maker’s mark: # 1229, page 130, in the volume II of:
»Marcas de Contrastes e Ourives Portugueses«, by Manuel Gonçalves Vidal and Fernando Moitinho de Almeida, Reprint 1997 by Imprensa Nacional-Casa de Moedas (Portugese National Mint, in Lisbon).
ISBN 972-27-0773-6 (in two volume; vol. I = XV c. to 1887, vol. II = 1887 to 1993).

Kind regards silverport

Thanks so much!