092. Hallmark of Socrates facing left

Hallmark of the head of Socratesfacing left in a frame in the shape of a truncated oval surrounded by a listel

92 . Hallmark of Socrates’ head facing left in a truncated oval-shaped frame surrounded by a listel, number 2 under the neck for ^2nd title silver (800/000). Departments 1819-1838.

The Socrates head hallmark facing left and the other hallmark illustrations on this site are from the book Traditional French Jewellery, written by Osprey Paris antique jewellery and hallmark expert Mike Fieggen. 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 various, secret little marks in the hallmarks which allow you to identify in which city an object was hallmarked, as well as a list of the dates when the guarantee offices are closed, is included in this book. You can thus, for the first time, locate the origin of the jewels and also date them with more precision.