020. Hallmark of an old man’s head, facing, round frame
Hallmark of an old man’s head from the front in a round frame, for medium-sized objects in gold and silver. Number 85 for Paris, Paris 1798 to 1809.
Hallmark of an old man’s head from the front in a round frame for medium-sized objects in gold and silver. Figure 85 for Paris, other figures indicate the hallmark offices of the departments. Exists with the number 85 engraved upside down. Paris, June 19, 1798 to August 31, 1809.
The information on the old man’s hallmarks and the other illustrations of hallmarks on this website come from the book Traditional French Jewellery, written by Mike Fieggen, expert in antique jewellery and hallmarks from Osprey Paris. This 300-page book, the definitive reference on French regional jewels and their hallmarks, is available in French and English in our store, on Amazon and at certain bookshops. A complete list of assay office marks, small secret marks in the hallmarks that allow you to identify in which city an object was hallmarked, as well as a list of the closing dates of the hallmark offices, are published in this book for the first time. You can thus locate the origin of the jewels and also date them with more precision.
