109. Boar’s head hallmark to the left

Illustration of the boar’s head hallmark to the left surrounded by a listel

Boar’s head hallmark to the left surrounded by a listel, limited warranty mark for small works in 800/000 silver. Paris. In use from 1838 to 1962, when Paris adopted the crab hallmark with no assay office mark, before switching to the cut-out Minerva head hallmark in 1984.

The information on the boar’s head hallmark to the left and the other hallmark illustrations 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 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 guarantee offices, are included in this book. You can thus, for the first time, locate the origin of the jewels and also date them with more precision.

Book available on this site or visit the site www.bijouxregionaux.fr