i also have a bracelet with this hallmark...mine is 18k and plat--but with the exact same clasp and the exact same hallmark.
thanks so much for posting this info!!
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Platinum bracelet by: Martin
Ok thank you Carmen. Do you have any idea of the value of it? I need to put a value for the estate paper work. Thanks again, Martin.
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re;Platinum Bracelet by: Carmen
I have no info as to the origins of the platinum bracelet I had. I got it at auction several years ago.
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Platinum Bracelet by: martin
Hello. I have the TWIN, and they appear to be identical!! I have searched everywhere I can think of to get any information on this bracelet. It has been in my family for as long as I can remember, I am 50. My family is from the Seattle Tacoma area of Washington State. My relatives shopped a lot locally like Nordstrom's, Frederick and Nelson. What region do you live in and do you have any history about yours. Thank you. Martin
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Thank you so much Valerie! by: Anonymous
Thank you so much for your help Valerie. It is great information and I'm sure you are correct in in being a commissioned piece. You certainly spent a huge amount of time looking for this info. I really appreciate it. That must be a very large database you have.
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Non-Commercial Metalsmith? by: Anonymous
Hi I have spent abut 36 hours researching my resources in databases for this mark , with no luck . There does not appear to be a reference anywhere for this maker. All we can determine from this is that the bracelet was made by a small , most likely non commercial metalsmith in a private workshop and not a commercially produced item.
It may have been a commissioned piece. It is wonderfully made, delicate and elegant and the trombone style closure on the clasp indicates c 1940 for the date of manufacture .
Kindest regards
Valerie Hammond
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Thank you for GZ hallmark help by: Carmen
Thank you for the help and compliments on the bracelet.
In no hurry to find maker. I will look for info on Grothe Z to see what I can find and compare.
The way the bracelet is made, the little 'beads' are made to look like tihy diamonds that reflect the light. It feels like silk. Is almost therapeutic to feel it.
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Possibly Canadian Maker's Mark by: Lise
possibly GROTHE Z. GZ in a rectangle - Quebec City, Quebec c. 1850s
what a beautiful bracelet! regards Lise
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Tube Type Clasps by: Yvonne
Carmen, i just don't want you to think we have forgotten you! We have been extremely busy and Im still waiting for another opinion on the actual makers mark which should confirm the date which appears to be around the early 1900's to 40s. The tube clasp, or "trombone clasp" as many people call these types of clasps, were used at the end of the 19th century and continued to be used right through to the 1940s in Europe.
best regards Yvonne Hammouda-Eyre Like to Join the Antique Jewelry Investor Community? Subscribe!
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Photo Close Up by: Carmen
Hi, Thank you so much for looking. I hope this works- here is an image of the mark.
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More Information Requested by: Help Elf
Hi Carmen could you send a close-up picture of the hallmark.
