149. Weevil hallmark to left
Illustration of weevil hallmark to left in a shaped frame
Weevil hallmark to left with assay office symbol between the legs, in a shaped border, for imported gold and silver objects. Departments 1838-1864. Also exists without assay office symbol for Paris.
The information on the weevil hallmark and the other illustrations of the hallmarkes 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 bookstores. 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.
