A client wrote to ask me the following on an Aquamarine Pendant which I thought was a common enough problem.
She was given a pendant: aquamarine in 18 K gold frame with "TINA" engraved on the back. Front of the aquamarine is uncut.
She is trying to find the designer's full name and other work.
ANSWER..!
The name 'TINA' doesn't mean anything to me but you didn't say whether it was STAMPED Tina or ENGRAVED as Tina?
If it was engraved it may simply be the name of the person who was given the pendant as a gift. To 'TINA' with love etc...
If it was stamped - there doesn't appear to be any Manufacture or Makers Mark to link it to...
Finally, it may also have been the work of a Jewelers' Apprentice, (yes they have girls too) who made the item and marked it with her own name. Craft schools also teach jewelry making around the world, so it may have come from that also.
Personally - if it were engraved and not stamped, I would go with the first option. It was the name of the person to who the item was first given.
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