1950s ? Gold ring

The stone might be jade. I’m not sure of the date of this ring and was thinking of scrapping it as it doesn’t fit me but wanted to ask if it’s something more unusual and perhaps it should be saved. I’ve not been able to find another like it but I’m not sure what this sort of setting is called to get a search result. Marked 9ct. Thanks.

 

Those domed "princess" rings were very popular in the 1960s/1970s. Lots came back with U.S. soldiers serving in Vietnam (which they bought during R&R in Thailand.) Here's a more elaborate one.

Debora

 

Thank you Debora.

 

I like it but I am a soft touch when it comes to scrapping jewellery. Unless it’s broken or offensive I think it’s part of history and should have a chance at being sold as is. Obviously only for above melt value.....maybe I’m not so soft after all!

 

I know what you mean. I’ve just taken out a badly scratched amethyst or glass stone out of a very tiny 9ct ring and I will scrap that.
This one looks like I might damage the jade by removing it so I think I will leave it alone to be given to one of my nieces.
The Gold prices are so high at the moment, it’s difficult to resist. I sell to a jewellery shop who gives me a good rate for scrap but he will try and sell items before they get melted.

 

Those tiny rings really are only fit for scrap unless they have other aesthetic qualities. Modern people’s fingers are too big!
I’ve got some gold to scrap but I’m a bit unsure what to do with it. I sell a lot of stuff on eBay but don’t want to get scammed trying to sell gold. Some if it has lost its hallmarks as damaged and the man in the local jewellery shop looks like a shark!. I suppose I should get him to offer me a price and then research to see if it’s fair.
How do you know if you are being offered a good price?

 

The man I go to gave me £15.60 per gram for 9ct last week. Of course it’s double that price for 18ct. He gave me £359 for 23 grams of 9ct woo hoo!!
Think the listed price last week was a bit over £17 per gram so he only makes a little from each gram but gets a lot of business. I phone him in the morning after 10am to see what the days price is. Think it may be up again next week. Fingers crossed. He tests unmarked stuff on the spot for me, I’m lucky, last year some heavy earrings tested as 18ct, I didn’t know, he could have said they were 9 but he didn’t so I trust him.
Check out Hatton Garden Metals, London online, they give good prices and you can post to them, I’ve only ever visited in person but I believe they buy a lot of gold via post.

 

If it's small, it's earlier. And if it's only marked 9 ct then it's pre WW2, almost certainly. That setting looks late 19th into early 20th to me, with that rope twist. Not scrap!

As to selling, I had some of the best offers from a bloke in Enfield market. He was well over what the local jeweller offered. Likewise a woman who used to go to a local antiques fair. She bought a friend's charm bracelet for almost spot. I suspect she splt off some of the charms, but good luck to her - even selling, she wasn't much over scrap.

 

I’m getting all my scrap silver together now, last week he was offering 35-40p gram. A lot of it he can sell, heavy Italian link chains etc. As I don’t sell online this works for me, he has a jewellery shop so he can repair things and replace stones etc if he wants to. These items have cost me pennies so I’m ok.
I’ve got several 9ct rings and hoop earrings but they are adorned with an abundance of pesky cz! Way to much effort to remove them so the nieces will probably get them too.

 

A 9ct mark certainly points to older UK or possibly Down Under. Not Asia, where they would mark it 375 or 9k. It is not legally gold in many Asian countries, which makes Asia even more unlikely.

With the jade it could be New Zealand. A lot of antique New Zealand gold and jade jewellery was actually made in Australia, btw.

Obb, were you thinking Arts & Crafts style, with the rope twist?

 

@Any Jewelry - yes, A&C especially with that setting, which is simple in style but clever. It's also very well made. Each prong is well matched as are the ropes.

Might be BC jade, too, hm? Dark enough.

 

But then Canadians wouldn't mark it 9ct, the Kiwis and Aussies would. The jade could have been imported in the UK from BC, I don't know if that happened a lot at the time?

 

Here’s another pic of the inner work.
I’m glad I asked because it’s earlier than I originally thought and it’s not going to be scrapped now. Thanks AJ and OBB.

 

Yay!

 

I was clear as mud - yes, I meant we might have imported the jade. I'm unsure aboue whether Canada made stuff ever had simply 9 ct as a marking. They were one of ours, of course.

That inner photo does show how well it's made.