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Native American Artists - Biographies and
Hal
lmarks
A hallmark is a stamped or carved mark on the jewelry that helps you to identify it's maker. This to help those seeking information about jewelry to find information about who designed their particular piece of jewelry.
Hallmarks are a way of identifying the
artist, time period, metal content or other related information. Hallmarks alone do not provide positive proof that you have a highly sought after designer's work, represented by the hallmark. These marks
can be copied and duplicated just like a signature, and can represent multiple people when just initials are used.
Having a certain hallmark doesn't guarantee authenticity or that it is definitely
handmade by any one person. Hallmarks are but one way of identifying an item and who designed it. Also, some authentic pieces can be in circulation that never received a hallmark. The maker may just have forgotten to mark it or may have made pieces they didn't see the need to mark.
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