Has anyone seen one of these before

Karinando · Mar 17, 2020

Hi

This was found in my 96 year old grannies drawer after she passed. I thought it was junk jewellery! Until I cleaned it!!
It has the word "Peru" stamped, along with 985 and something else that I cannot decipher?
Anyone seen something like this before?
I'm thinking it's also gold in the middle picture?!

Red-Coat · Mar 17, 2020

Very nice, and definitely not junk! It's typical Peruvian vintage silver and yes the (probably Inca-inspired) inlaid figure is likely to be 18K gold. That may be a maker's mark below the silver indication but I can't make it out from the picture... save to say it doesn't appear to be one of the big commercial makers. I would say you're probably looking at a value between $100-150

Karinando · Mar 17, 2020

Red-Coat said:
Very nice, and definitely not junk! It's typical Peruvian vintage silver and yes the (probably Inca-inspired) inlaid figure is likely to be 18K gold. That may be a maker's mark below the silver indication but I can't make it out from the picture... save to say it doesn't appear to be one of the big commercial makers. I would say you're probably looking at a value between $100-150

Thankyou so much

I'm not looking at selling and will definitely pass it down to the next generation. However, I will be taking it to my local jeweller for appraisal. Will be interesting what they come up with! It will then go into the safe

Was just a lovely surprise as I hadn't given it any notice until today! I honestly thought it to be a cheap tacky granny brooch lol
Thanks again for your reply🌸