Hello,
This is my first posting on this forum, please allow a fair degree of tolerance if I digress from the main subject of this section.
I have trawled the internet for answers to query on the marks on a recently-purchased ring and have found all the info I need other than:
1. Is the current British date marking in lower case serif starting with "a" in the year 2000?
2. The ring is certificated with markings "950 IE" amongst other info on diamond quality etc. (it is a platinum ring) but no mention is made of the other marks impressed on the ring before I bought it. Can anyone enlighten me on the process of certification regarding the progress from manufacture to certification to hallmarking? I guess that "IE" is the maker's mark (if so, can anyone tell me who made it?). I assume that IE made the ring and placed the "950 IE" on it before sending it for certification. Would the ring then be sent for hallmarking to the (London, in this case) Assay Office before being retailed?
Sorry to be so long-winded.
.
Ad blocker detected: Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker on our website.
Diamond Ring Marks
MARK IMAGE REQUIRED
Return to “Gold - Single Image”
Jump to
- The Silver Marks Forum ~ Requirements & Tutorials
- ↳ Posting Requirements
- Announcements
- ↳ Website Updates & Announcements
- American Sterling & Coin Silver - (no silverplate, jewelry or watches)
- ↳ Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
- ↳ Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- ↳ Arts & Crafts Smiths ~ American Handwrought after-1900
- ↳ American Sterling & Coin Silver - Single Image
- British Hallmarks - (no silverplate, jewelry or watches)
- ↳ London Hallmarks
- ↳ Birmingham Hallmarks
- ↳ Chester Hallmarks
- ↳ Exeter Hallmarks
- ↳ Newcastle Hallmarks
- ↳ Sheffield Hallmarks
- ↳ York Hallmarks
- ↳ Scottish Hallmarks
- ↳ Irish Hallmarks
- ↳ Provincial & Colonial Marks
- ↳ Grimwade's Biographies ~ Updates
- ↳ London Lost Registers & Unrecorded Marks
- ↳ British Hallmarks - Single Image
- European Silver - (no silverplate, jewelry or watches)
- ↳ Dutch Silver
- ↳ French Silver
- ↳ German Silver
- ↳ Russian Silver
- ↳ Scandinavian Silver
- ↳ Other Countries
- ↳ German, French, Dutch, Russian, Scandinavian or Other - Single Image
- Silverplated Ware
- ↳ Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
- ↳ Silver Plate Trademarks - Single Image
- Silver Jewelry & Watches
- ↳ American Jewelry
- ↳ European Jewelry
- ↳ Other Jewelry
- ↳ Silver Jewelry - Single Image
- Silver of the Americas
- ↳ Mexican Silversmiths
- ↳ Central & South America
- ↳ Native American Silver
- ↳ Silver of the Americas - Single Image
- Asian & Middle Eastern Silver
- ↳ Middle East
- ↳ Far East
- ↳ Asia & Middle East - Single Image
- Gold Marks
- ↳ Gold Marks - Worldwide
- ↳ Gold - Single Image
- Miscellaneous Silver Subjects
- ↳ General Questions
- ↳ Contributors' Notes
- ↳ Ephemera
- ↳ Silver Care / Techniques
- ↳ Mystery Objects
- ↳ Flatware Pattern Identification
- ↳ Family Crests
- ↳ Museum Exhibitions - Silver - Temporary
- ↳ Museum Exhibitions - Silver - Permanent