171. Hare’s head hallmark facing right
Hare Head hallmark Illustration in irregular octagonal frame
Hare’s head hallmark facing right in an irregular octagonal frame. Return hallmark stamped on French gold or silver jewellery when re-imported. Assay office symbol under the ears. Created by the decree of December 24th 1887, in use from January 1st 1884 to 1983.
The information on the hare’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 hallmark 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.
