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    Posted 9 years ago

    Peasejean55
    (415 items)

    Another Silver Compact with an oval centrepiece of a miniature profile portrait of a lady from the historical pass, there is a signature, but I can't make out all the letters. The compact is decorated in elaborate swirls and flowers etc. There is still powder in the compact, I'm not sure if this is good or bad. One of the photos shows the clasp that has 800 for Silver, and a makers mark which is for Cappelli L. & Orlandi C. These Marks were introduced in 1934 by the Fascist Goverment of Mussolini. In the Makers Mark the 24 stands for the Makers name, which is above, the next symbol is the Fascist Mark, and the F I stands for Firenze which is Florence.
    I do not know when this compact was made but the company was in business between 1935 to 1955. I have looked on the web but can not find any more work from these people.
    Many thanks for looking.

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    1. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      Many thanks
      aghcollect
    2. Rick55 Rick55, 9 years ago
      Another beauty!!
    3. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      To be honest Rick I'm more interested in this one, I would love to know who the artist was, I don't have a loupe strong enough to read the signature. I'm going to my local jeweller here in Spain tomorrow, hopefully he might be able to read the letters fingers crossed.
    4. Rick55 Rick55, 9 years ago
      I didn't know you lived in Spain Jean. What part? I spent many years in Zaragoza.
    5. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      I'm down in the South Rick, Costa Del Sol, I'm slightly inland but I can still see the mountains behind me and the Med in front.
    6. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      My nearest big town is Velez Malaga.
    7. racer4four racer4four, 9 years ago
      Another beautiful compact Jean! Good research too on the marks and company. I hope you can get answers to your signature questions.
    8. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      Will let you know tomorrow Karen, if I am successful. I hope I can at least get a name of the artist.
    9. vetraio50 vetraio50, 9 years ago
      I was having a look at the signature on the Renaissance lady: Does it begin with "Berto ....."?
    10. SEAN68 SEAN68, 9 years ago
      STUNNING!!!
    11. inky inky, 9 years ago
      So very beautiful!...:-)
    12. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      Hi vetraio, The jeweller thinks But.pi Bro. I was wondering if you know of a artist in this particular period.
    13. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      Many thanks for your comments and love SEAN and inky.
    14. surfdub66 surfdub66, 9 years ago
      This is beautifull made .. love it very lots & lots
    15. Rick55 Rick55, 9 years ago
      Gloria and I plan on going to Southern Spain next spring. We're going to a small town called Rota...
    16. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      Hi Rick, I don't know that part of Spain, the nearest I've been to that area is Gibraltar.
    17. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      Thanks surfdub for your lovely comment and love.
    18. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      Many thanks
      sklo
      Pickrknows
      racer
      katherinescollections
      ho2cultcha
      vintagelamp
      Budek
    19. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 9 years ago
      This is so lovely!
    20. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      Thank you Elisabethan, for popping by and leaving a lovely comment and love.
    21. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      Many thanks
      mikelv85
    22. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 9 years ago
      Many thanks
      Elisabethan
      Agram.m
      SEAN
    23. antiquerose antiquerose, 8 years ago
      Love it !
    24. Celiene Celiene, 8 years ago
      That's beautiful. Did you ever find the name of the artist?
    25. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 8 years ago
      Hi Celiene, unfortunately no I didn't find out the artist name :-(
    26. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 6 years ago
      http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/antique-victorian-venetian-silver-portrait-bracelet-circa-1860/303116

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