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Title: Info on Silver ring please Post by: Iron Giant on January 18, 2015, 07:33:56 PM Found this ring and would love to know more about it.
Hallmarks under my loupe from left to right look like: a standing lion then a castle followed by a portrait in a rectangle with the corners taken off ??? Checked my Spink book which has hall marks and the lion could be Glasgow silver, the Castle could be Edinburgh mint and the portrait may be George III. The larger mark on its own looks like either another castle or an H and J overlapped. Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: Mike on January 18, 2015, 07:38:19 PM very nice , see link below , cant make out much from pics ,
http://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html (http://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html) Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: nonker10 on January 18, 2015, 07:54:35 PM thats a stonker mate :)
Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: Chef Geoff on January 18, 2015, 08:08:20 PM Same as Mike in that you would need a better photo for a proper id but is the lion passant ie advancing to the left with a paw raised? if so then it will be the English sterling which would make the castle mark Exeter ???
Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: Iron Giant on January 18, 2015, 08:18:59 PM Thanks both, will try for a better pic tomorrow on a better camera ;)
Yes the lion is facing left, standing on 2 legs with a raised paw and the castle does look like Exeter from marks link. I think the thistle design on shank threw me. Cheers 8) Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: Val Beechey on January 18, 2015, 09:17:03 PM I wonder if it might be classed as a signet ring. It's chunky enough and early enough. Its a beautiful find. Have a look at this link. It might shed a light on it.
https://regencyredingote.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/the-signet-ring-mark-of-a-gentleman/ Val Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: nobby on January 18, 2015, 10:33:23 PM Alright irongiant
It a nice Scottish ring by john hall of Celtic arts industries ;) Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: Chef Geoff on January 18, 2015, 10:36:46 PM Well done Nobby have you got a link?
Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: nobby on January 18, 2015, 10:38:53 PM http://www.alexander-ritchie.co.uk/hart.htm (http://www.alexander-ritchie.co.uk/hart.htm)
Try that Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: Chef Geoff on January 18, 2015, 10:48:20 PM ;) What confusing hallmarks more 1960's than 1860's then still a nice find though.
Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: Val Beechey on January 18, 2015, 11:32:32 PM Well blooming eck. :o That's a real surprise. Well .I.D'd Nobby.
Just shows you've got a serious side hiding in there.(not sure where but it's there somewhere) ::) Val Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: probono on January 19, 2015, 10:03:13 AM That's a really good id - makes sense of the he strange 'J' hallmark too!
Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: fdefano on January 19, 2015, 03:48:07 PM nice find well done :D
Title: Re: Info on Silver ring please Post by: Iron Giant on January 19, 2015, 08:46:42 PM Thank you all for your help, especially Nobby for the ID ;)
Very confusing hallmarks but they make sense now ;D |