Featured Russian Jade / Chrysoprase & Pearl ring?

Hi all.
Id really like some help if you can please. I have this ring, I've been told is 14k jade or chrysoprase & pearls. There are 2 hallmarks on the outside of the band, I have been told they are Russian. One being a left facing Kokoshnik head and the other cyryllic writing. I believe the left facing head indicates it was made between 1896 & 1908, but I'd really love to know anything anyone can tell me about it. I'm hoping to sell once I have more information then I can find its value. Thank you

 

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nice ring ,
unusual to see the stamps on the outside of the band , but they look legit !

@Any Jewelry

 

I've seen the outside stamps before. It sure wants to be jade, but that's one for the experts.

 

I don't see age here.

Debora

 

the band looks a little worn.....maybe it was cleaned before the photo???

 

The stone looks like chrysoprase to me. Soviet/Russian marks on the outside of ring bands are quite ordinary. Agree the ring does not look especially old.

 

Ditto. Chrysoprase is found in Russia, and used a lot in Russian jewellery. Stamps on the outside of a ring band are not very unusual, and I have seen many Russian examples.

I can't see any detail in the mark, but if it is a left-facing kokoshnik, it was assayed between 1896-1908. The modern looking setting could be influenced by Arts & Crafts designs.
If the ring is indeed ca 1900, it was probably kept in its box during most of its life.

 

Thank you, I agree about the crysoprase, it has bothered me, even though someone said jade I wasn't convinced. Do you know if the left facing Kokoshnik mark was used more recently, as the ring doesn't look 100+ years old?

 

Thank you, that's really helpful. Do you know if the left facing Kokoshnik mark was used more recently, as the ring doesn't look 100+ years old? It belonged to a family member but they're gone & nobody knows anything about it!

 

Thank you, this is how I got the ring, I haven't cleaned it. It was found in a box when a family member passed but nobody knows when or where it came from

 

I agree, it doesn't look that old. As I said before, I can't see enough detail in the mark to recognize a kokoshnik mark, so I can't confirm the age.

About the left facing kokoshnik mark as such, no, it wasn't used more recently.

 

I'm no expert on Russian gold and silver marks, an area filled with fakes, but to my eye, your marks aren't quite right, the quality of the punches is poor, with little detail to the head (also sort of looks like it might be struck over another square or rectangular mark), and the other mark seems to have difficult to discern Cyrillic letters. There should be a stamp indicating the fineness of the gold in zolotnik, along with the assayer's initials, if the left-facing head alone was used (more commonly on a secondary part), it would bear the same assayer's initials.

From Tardy:




Here is a 56 zolotnik (14 karat) gold ring bearing what looks to be correct marks, though again, not really my area:

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/st...an-kokoshnik-stamp-1899-1904?in=1238-activity




~Cheryl

 

Thank you, I really appreciate this. This is totally outside my area of knowledge, do you think a jeweller would know if it was real or fake?

 

Thank you, I appreciate your help very much

 

Not very likely. Very few jewellers know foreign marks. The only thing they can do is test the fineness of the gold and test the stones to see if they are real.

 

Just to say that I agree with Dragon Wink and Any about the marks. I don't see a distinct kokoshnik mark, and the inscription is not Cyrillic. It is neither Latin though, so I don't know what it is. It looks like one "I" followed by a "K" attached to another, thinner "I". In Cyrillic "I" is "И".

Also a suspicious detail is that there is no mark for gold purity relevant to the period of the kokoshnik mark. All marks I have seen from the Tsarist Russia times, bore apart from kokoshnik head also the purity mark - for 14 K gold it was 56, for 18 Kt was 72, etc. It was legally mandatory in the Empire to put this mark for precious metals (because of the taxes), and the punishment was harsh for not complying, up to closing the business. Also it was mandatory to have the assayer's mark (i.e. the initials of the certification person from the local office where the item was made).

In Russian collectors' sites there are lists of assayers' initials and names from the different local offices (Moscow office, St. Petersburg office, etc.).

 

IvaPan is correct, unfortunately, it doesn't look like Russian hallmarks.

 

"I've been told..." Curious as to who was the teller.

Debora