Opinion of love token initials / monogram?

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Weiss
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I'm seeing "A J" but I'm not 100% convinced. Thoughts?

We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame

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  • TurtleCat
    TurtleCat Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That’s very intricate! I’m thinking AJ or AG. Whoever did it was very skilled.

  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,164 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Can't tell.

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  • 291fifth
    291fifth Posts: 25,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Could be AT as well. Tough to tell from something that elaborate.

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  • yosclimber
    yosclimber Posts: 5,322 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    LJG?

  • Strikeguy
    Strikeguy Posts: 47 ✭✭
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    Hard indeed. Thinking maybe AT

  • TennesseeDave
    TennesseeDave Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Flip it over and it looks like LV

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  • Weiss
    Weiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @TennesseeDave said:
    Flip it over and it looks like LV

    Ooooh. Good call!

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • CaptHenway
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    @TennesseeDave said:
    Flip it over and it looks like LV

    By George I think you've got it!

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  • Weiss
    Weiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I like it like this. But do the acanthus leaves almost seem like they're too droopy?

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • yosclimber
    yosclimber Posts: 5,322 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Denomination? Photo of other side?

  • Weiss
    Weiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @yosclimber said:
    Denomination? Photo of other side?

    Photo of other side making an appearance shortly on the BST ;)

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • Treashunt
    Treashunt Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    AJC?

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • topstuf
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    @TurtleCat said:
    That’s very intricate! I’m thinking AJ or AG. Whoever did it was very skilled.

    I've always equated illegibility with great skill. >:)

  • TurtleCat
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    @topstuf said:

    @TurtleCat said:
    That’s very intricate! I’m thinking AJ or AG. Whoever did it was very skilled.

    I've always equated illegibility with great skill. >:)

    My fourth grade teacher would be surprised to learn my chicken scratch was actually skillful, lol.

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I believe there are three letters there... consult one of the writing experts on the old styles..I do not think the upside down version is likely... the flourishes should be pointing up from what I remember.... Cheers, RickO

  • asheland
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    Some of those engraving are impossible to decipher, but wonderful to look at! I have many examples of them.

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  • asheland
    asheland Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Check this one out. Incredible skill, likely from the same period, late 70’s early 1880’s. Tiffany aesthetic creamer:

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  • Timbuk3
    Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Interesting, good luck !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • Jimnight
    Jimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I don't see anything but fancy engraving.

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @asheland....Wow... that creamer is great.... I would certainly have picked that up if encountered at a thrift or antique shop.....Cheers, RickO

  • BuffaloIronTail
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    @topstuf said:

    @TurtleCat said:
    That’s very intricate! I’m thinking AJ or AG. Whoever did it was very skilled.

    I've always equated illegibility with great skill. >:)

    Yea...............Doctors prescriptions and signatures will confirm that.

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
  • asheland
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    @ricko said:
    @asheland....Wow... that creamer is great.... I would certainly have picked that up if encountered at a thrift or antique shop.....Cheers, RickO

    It was cheap for what it is, but not thrift store cheap $300 and I couldn't pay him fast enough!

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