I’ve looked everywhere I know to look online and cannot find any of these markings. Can anyone identify any of them?
start here:
SOLID STERLING SILVER MEN’S CUFF BANGLE BRACELET BY RENOWN TIFFANY ARTIST
***** RAYMOND GURDAL *****
CLEARLY HALLMARKED BY GURDAL
MR. GURDAL RECEIVED HIS FORMAL TRAINING BY ATTENDING 7 YEARS AT RENOUN MAREDSOUS SCHOOL OF CRAFTS AND ARTS IN BELGIUM
HE SPENT TWO AND A HALF YEARS PRODUCING ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURES AND FIXTURES FOR THEATERS AND CHURCHES
***** UPON ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK, HE IMMEDIATELY BECAME A RENOUN GOLD AND SILVERSMITH FOR TIFFANYS *****
HE PRODUCED WORKS FOR THE FAMOUS SUCH AS:
BISHOP SHEEN, CLAIR BOOTH LUCE, AND MR. FISHER OF GENERAL MORORS CORP.
AFTER RELOCATING TO CALIFORNIA, HE SPENT 3 YEARS AT BOLIN WHERE HE SOON BECAME KNOWN FOR HIS SKILLS WITH WESTERN SILVER AND COPPER WORKS AND PRODUCED PIECES FOR:
***** JOHN WAYNE and ROY RODGERS *****
THIS ONE OF A KIND SIGNED BRACELET IS AN EXAMPLE OF HIS FINE DESIGN AND HIS MASTERY OF SILVER SMITHING SKILLS .
Nice looking cuff!
Does not appear to be Native American made. Same hallmark as this cuff…
Wow! Thank you for the information! Not so upset that this one is not Native American made.