Brass Swan Cuff. Vintage?

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SeventhChild

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Hi, everyone. It was suggested I ask here about this cuff. I found it at a church yard sale Friday and can't find out anything about it. I've been looking for the cuff or the makers mark. It reminds me of some of the brass stuff from Pier One, sort of, but I just don't know.
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It's fairly substantial and would fit a small to medium wrist.
Here is the only mark that's on it as far as I can tell.
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If anyone has any information or could give me some search terms I would really appreciate it.
 
Hi Becky, I see you made it here. Welcome! I'm wondering if it would be helpful to see the finish on the inside of the cuff?

I'm the one who suggested Becky post her cuff here. I told her we have some very smart vintage jewelry collectors, and that the VFG forums are friendly (Becky and I met on forums that can be downright hazardous to your emotional health).

Some of our jewelry folks live in time zones that mean they pop in at odd (to mainland USA) hours. Weekends can also be a bit quiet here.
 
Thank you Maggie. The inside of the cuff has no features. It's just very smooth and the color of the edge of the cuff and the swans and water. I've been doing some more research and haven't caught the slightest hint on this cuff. It's been very frustrating.
 
I am by no means a jewellery expert, but the graphic design of the swans and water, really reminds me of a pop art style that was popular in the 1980s. This kind of thing:

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Or just possibly a little earlier, more 1970s Art nouveau revival.
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But I know art more than jewellery, and could be completely wrong!
 
It looks like an artisan piece -- and agree with Ruth that it's more on the contemporary side. In the last decade or so, I'm finding more of this raised 'watercolor' like silhouette overlay, in both brass and silver from skilled smiths -- usually at better Art Fairs and boutiques.

Sometimes at Renaissance fairs as well -- and the artisans will have their own maker's mark or shop mark, if they are a local collective.
 
Carrie, I don't know. I can't make out what it is at all. Sometimes it looks like a tree with and S and a C or possibly a copywrite mark under the branches. Someone said the trunk of the tree was in the shape of an L and they thought it was then an SLC under the branches. I've looked at it from every angle with different lighting and still can't make it out.
 
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