Can anyone please give me a time frame for this photo of an unknown couple?

[Maria Goretti]

I presume this photo was taken in England however it could also have been taken in USA. Anyone's thoughts on time frame greatly appreciated!
Maria

[Ruskie]

I'm going to suggest 1920s. Sweeping statement  - but the couple do not look to be of "English" heritage.

If you have the original photograph is there anything on the back, or embossed on the front, giving name of photographer or studio?

Unless you know who the couple are, and when and where they married, I don't think you will be able to narrow down location with a studio portrait like this.

And is that a wedding ring on his right hand? A European tradition?

[joboy]

As a lover of 1920's Jazz I must agree with Ruskie.
If you follow the series 'The Boardwalk Empire'(era 1920's) you will see dresses very similar to the wedding dress in the photo.
The couple do seem to be perhaps of a Mediterranean background and I am tipping that if this is the case they may well have been recent arrivals in USA.
Joe

[jim1]

Agree with the others. Her headdress is a typical early-mid 1920's style & the photo doesn't have an English feel to it.

[Treetotal]

Lovely photo...I would agree with others that it is a 1920s photo and doesn't have that English look.
Nice one to have.
Carol

[Maria Goretti]

Hi, thank you everyone for your contributions, I appreciate it very much, I know this is a long shot however it leaves me more mystified that ever as I don't know of any ancestor's marriage that would be within that time frame at least in the UK so perhaps USA? I don't know of any family connections in mainland Europe either.
This is a copy my sister-in-law sent me so I will contact her for those details of photographer if available!

I'm posting here a picture of my parents wedding in 1941 to see if any of you wonderful and experienced guys can find a resemblance with either of my parents. Once again many thanks to all of you.
Maria

[Ruskie]

I can see no resemblance at all between your parents (a very attractive couple) and the couple in the earlier photo.

It may be that the '20s photograph is a friend or relative's marriage which was sent to your family. I think many of us have inherited unidentifiable photos included with our family snaps - I have at least, I have no clue who they are but I know for a fact they are not relatives. I think my grandmother even had photos of children of friends in her album.

It will be interesting to see if you sister in law can find a studio name on the original photo. I think I am right in saying there generally would be one - ask her to check carefully. 

[Treetotal]

Not necessarily Ruskie...It maybe a postcard in which case there wouldn't be photographer's name on it.
Carol

[Maria Goretti]

Thank you once again for taking the time to look at my pictures. My sister-in-law said there is nothing at all on the back of the picture. I do remember that this picture was always on my father's chest of drawers in his bedroom ever since I can remember and it stood up in a brown cardboard frame which I presume would have had the photographer's name, unfortunately nobody would know where that is now as everything was put in boxes after my father passed on.

I had hoped someone would find a resemblance with my father as I thought that maybe this was his sister who was married in Birkenhead in 1939. The problem is we never knew knew any of my father's family until just a few years ago and they don't recognise the couple either! They must have been good friends of my father as has been suggested and so perhaps we will never know?

all the same a big thank you to each and everyone of you who have taken the time to look at my pictures.
Kindest regards,
Maria