150. Weevil hallmark to the left in an oval frame
Weevil hallmark to the left in an oval frame with the assay office symbol between the legs, for imported gold or silver objects since 1864, from 1893 it was only used for imported gold jewellery. Replaced by the eagle’s head hallmark in 1990. Paris and departments 1893-1990.
The information on the weevil hallmark to the left and the other hallmark illustrations on this site are 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 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.
