115. Horse’s head hallmark facing right

Illustration of horse’s head hallmark facing right with different on the cheek, surrounded by a shaped border

Horse’s head hallmark facing right with assay office mark on the cheek, surrounded by a shaped border. Limited warranty mark for small objects in 18 carat 750/000 gold. Replaced by the eagle’s head hallmark with an assay office mark after 1919. Departments 1838-1919.

The information on the horse’s head hallmark facing right 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 assay 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