Description
Lovely openwork board on this 1930s Siam silver brooch.
1930s Siam Silver Brooch Details
- Siam sterling brooch.
- Large shield with openwork border.
- Black metal on sterling silver.
- Design features Mekkalah the Goddess of Lightning
- Amfarco markings indicate this piece was made in the 1930s.
- Siam jewelry is a type of Neilloware.
Amfarco was the mark for a Siam silver company named Amfarco and Hamlet & Co. that was active in the 1930s and 1940s.
Neillo is a technique of filling a carved out section of sterling silver with a black metallic compound usually made of sulfur, copper, silver, and lead, then polishing until smooth.
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