posted on June 20, 2005 08:19:45 AM
I found a pair of cuff links this weekend that test 18K and have a patent applied for 1695. I think this is the number not the date. They also have a maker mark but I don't recognize it.
Isn't there a site that that will give you the information if you have the number?
I guess they could be English or something like that and I don't have a clue how to tell. Anyone???
Also what would be the best way to clean them.
Thanks
posted on June 20, 2005 08:55:51 AM
This site: http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html lets you search by patent numbers. Recent applications (2001-2005) can be searched by terms. 1695 can't be a date and number is have seen have more than four numbers. Do you mean 1965/1995?
Good luck with your search. -----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o
“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
posted on June 20, 2005 09:28:26 AM
It's definitely not the year 1965/1995. These are very old - maybe early Victorian. Libra site dated 1695 as a number for 1840 or as 1862 for a design patent number.
All it says "Pat Apl 1695" on one side and a hallmark of some type on the other side.
I'll try to get a photo posted later after I clean them.
Thanks for both sites
[ edited by ladyjewels2000 on Jun 20, 2005 09:43 AM ]
posted on June 20, 2005 10:01:59 AM
Don''t clean them, leave the patina on. The buyer can always clean them but you can never put the pataina back on after you clean them. That should go for any jewerly.
posted on June 20, 2005 05:14:47 PM
I think the number 1695 is the patent number and that dates around 1840, 1841 if I can remember the graph. I don't think they list the patient date but the patent number.
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posted on June 26, 2005 07:45:33 AM
I am still trying to get my new computer all set up so it took me a long time but here is the photo of the cuff links
And even longer to get it right!!!
[ edited by ladyjewels2000 on Jun 26, 2005 07:50 AM ]
[ edited by ladyjewels2000 on Jun 26, 2005 07:55 AM ]
[ edited by ladyjewels2000 on Jun 26, 2005 07:56 AM ]
