Featured Amber ring questions

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Marko, Jan 18, 2026.

  1. Marko

    Marko Well-Known Member

    I picked this up for $20. Google lens is pointing to vintage Soviet Baltic amber, but they are not always correct. What do you see? Age, country of origin, silver purity, etc.?
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Beautiful ring, and yes to amber.
    The marks are blurry, but the one on the left looks like a Polish mark, the girl with headscarf with a 3 for .800 silver, 1963-86. The town mark looks like a K, for Krakow.
    So is indeed Baltic amber, but the mark looks Polish to me, not Soviet.

    Polish silversmiths love the Art Nouveau style, which has become a Polish traditional.
     
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  3. Marko

    Marko Well-Known Member

    Thank you! I have not seen a ring like this searching the internet.
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I have never seen one like this either. If I had, I would have bought it.;):)
     
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  5. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Agree with AJ about Polish origin, but see the design as having taken inspiration from Egyptian lotus motif & scroll work.
     
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  6. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Thirded on the Polish marks. I'd say the design was taken from "ooh pretty" and they mashed things up without much regard for where they came from.
     
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  7. IvaPan

    IvaPan Well-Known Member

    4th "yes" to Polish although indeed the marks are too blurry. Not Soviet, their marks are different.
     
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  8. Marko

    Marko Well-Known Member

    A friend scooped it up for three times what I paid for it before I could sell it. She fell in love with it, and it fit her perfectly. I also let her pick out a bracelet on the house.
     
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