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hello everyone ☺ i have loads of antique jewellery handed down by various aunts over the years, due to us being in a bit of financial bother im having to sell a few things
I dont know much but i have been studying over the past few weeks, im struggling on a few hallmarks, please can someone help me
Thank you kindly x

 

9ct gold, Birmingham.
I’ll look up the dates
https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Dates/Birmingham.html

 

good photo's....

 

It’s always helpful to show the entire item so we can see the style, any patterns etc. That can help date them too.

 

1885 and 1895 I believe. @Bakersgma?

 

Looks that way to me.

 

Thanks, took me a while as Initially I thought is it a b, is that an i ?

 

it's an L (lower case of course, but the font here would just confuse the issue.)

 

Its the letters that get me, I cant find anything similar, both of the rings look like a matt sort of gold, not shiny gold we have today, never seen any gold similar either,
One is a buckle type ring with tiny diamond in middle and other has 5 small stones in a row thats pearl & red stone, ive tried to upload another photo but says error file too large

 

A satin finish on the rings,nothing unusual about that.The hundreds of gold rings I made all had a satin finish...... https://www.google.com/search?q=sat...UmhOAKHX5iBGMQ_AUoAnoECA0QBA&biw=1266&bih=726

 

Thank you very much, gutted I did not come across this site sooner, I have a feeling that I have lost out big time as I sold a few things for scrap gold instead of selling them as jewellery is there any websites to sell antique jewellery or stick to ebay? I have over 100 brooches amongs other rings, but I have learnt a bit about them with clasps etc, its quite addictive lol kept me occupied & sane over the last few weeks, am I right in thinking that gemstones from before 1800's are genuine? or was there fakes around? also im trying to educate myself about stones and wandered if there is any charts or lists to identify them? got a ring with pink stones but all it says is 9k not a normal hallmark.

 

Post photos to us, start a new thread and show a few pieces at a time. Show front, back, marks and number each so it is easier for us to help.

And yes, material other than gems were used in the 1800s, but don't call them fakes, some are just as collectable as gems!

 

9k or 9ct Hallmarks are often found. Are you in U.K.?
You can purchase a diamond tester, very useful if you have a bit of jewellery and they aren’t too expensive. That will also show you if you have glass in the jewellery or harder stones. Your pink stones may be pink sapphires who knows! Georgian jewellery often had paste stones but this jewellery is widely collected.
The 2 antique rings you have already shown are desirable items.
Post what you have, people here are very knowledgeable and many of us just like to look at pieces.

 

That matt look can also be wear.

 

I think you are asking about the red stones in the first ring as well? The stones could be anything, there are many naturally red stones.
And as the others said, non-natural stones were generally not considered fakes. They already used glass in rings in Antiquity.
One thing you could try yourself is shining a UV flashlight on the stones. If they light up like these two red ones, you have rubies:


You can test the pearls by rubbing them against your teeth. If they feel slightly gritty, they are real.

 

are the pearls ment to glow up like they are radio active??

 

they glow a little. Certain types of rubies are positively devillish.