✅ SOLVED Sterling Silver Hallmark Date Range Needed

[BuckleBoy]

Hello All,

This is the back of a Cloisonné pin which I dug. I’m writing to ask if anyone can assist with a date range on the piece.

 

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[BuckleBoy]

Hello All,

This is the back of a Cloisonné pin which I dug. I’m writing to ask if anyone can assist with a date range on the piece.

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[Red-Coat]

Looks to me like a 'Watson Company' (of Attleboro, Massachusetts) mark in a style used between 1920-1955. They produced a number of sterling pieces additionally marked 'Genuine Cloisonne', all in capital letters like that and I would guess it's probably from the 1920s-1930ish or thereabouts.

 

[Mackaydon]

Seeing the pattern on the other side may help with a timeline.

Watson Company: history, marks and flatware patterns

History, marks and flatware patterns of Watson Company, Attleboro, MA, from its origin in 1874 until the purchase by R. Wallace & Sons in 1955

www.silvercollection.it

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[BuckleBoy]

 

[BuckleBoy]

Looks to me like a 'Watson Company' (of Attleboro, Massachusetts) mark in a style used between 1920-1955. They produced a number of sterling pieces additionally marked 'Genuine Cloisonne', all in capital letters like that and I would guess it's probably from the 1920s-1930ish or thereabouts.

1920s was my hunch, but didn’t know where to turn for supporting information. It’s a frustratingly challenging site to date items from, since there was a colonial period house there, civil war troops visiting, a late 1800s/early 1900s trash pit, and the 1930-50s quarters houses all in the same field

 

[Red-Coat]

1920s was my hunch, but didn’t know where to turn for supporting information. It’s a frustratingly challenging site to date items from, since there was a colonial period house there, civil war troops visiting, a late 1800s/early 1900s trash pit, and the 1930-50s quarters houses all in the same field

Yes... I know the problem!

I wouldn't change my opinion on dating, having now seen the item itself. Looks like it might have been a gentleman's tie pin rather than a ladies brooch.

For info, here's a better picture of a typical Watson mark (I took this from a fleabay listing for a ladies brooch where some fool said it was "Made in England"):

 

[BuckleBoy]

Yes... I know the problem!

I wouldn't change my opinion on dating, having now seen the item itself. Looks like it might have been a gentleman's tie pin rather than a ladies brooch.

For info, here's a better picture of a typical Watson mark (I took this from a fleabay listing for a ladies brooch where some fool said it was "Made in England"):

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I agree completely with you on the ID, thanks for all your help!