024. Right pecking rooster hallmark, oval frame, Dep
Hallmark of rooster pecking in oval frame, departments
Hallmark of a pecking rooster facing to the right in an oval frame. Number 3 on the back of the rooster for 3rd grade gold (750/000). The number 3 is rounded at the top for the departments and flat at the top for Paris (see n°15 ). Departments June 19th, 1798 to August 31st, 1809.
The information and illustrations of hallmarks on this site 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 the 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 dates of closing of the assay offices, can be found in this book. You can thus, for the first time, locate the origin of the jewels and also date them with more precision.
