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Crowthang unregistered	posted 03-07-2002 06:14 PM I'm trying to find information on a lorgnette that is made to double as a dress clip. It is marked with a conjoined F & K, the F is backward. The shape is floral, and the piece is vermeil and marked sterling. Thanks! IP: Logged
Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 Registered: May 99	posted 03-08-2002 08:59 AM Lucky shot in the dark. This is not a silver mark but a jeweler's mark. The FK cipher is for Frank Krementz, a Newark jewelry manufacturer set up in competition with his brother's company, Krementz & Co., early in the last century. Quite a few Newark companies (including Unger Brothers) made silver and silver-gilt lorgnettes, as well as gold ones. This dress-clip version is nifty, and typical of what I'd expect Newark makers to come up with. IP: Logged

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