Currently envisioning an ant Queen lounging about with it on her head.
French hallmark for 14k, 5 rose cut diamonds in bezel settings, decorated with teeny tiny stars. Made somewhere between 1919. and 1925.
Tested as gilded low grade silver and blue paste. Worth almost nothing as the sum of her pieces and yet here I am loving her more than most of my 'legit' jewellery. Even though she's pretty big she feels so light because of the openwork, I can't believe they put so much effort even on the back.
The bottom right glass pearl fell out unfortunately, the entire thing feels like spiderweb it's so delicate. I don't know if I'll have it replaced or leave it as is.
I have no clue how he escaped being melted during the revolution but here he is, in all its 14kt, faceted sapphire, old cut and rose cut diamonds splendour. I wonder if someone hid him while fleeing or was he safe all along, far away from harm along with his owner. He's safe with me now.
The hallmark is 56(14kt), used before the kokoshnik marking system that Nicholas II put in place, but I have no idea who the assayer with the letter Я (ya) next to it could be. Also visible is presumably the maker's mark, unfortunately worn down, as far as I can tell is the letter И (ee) in a shovel shaped cartouche. The listing mentioned it was from early 20th century Russia but no further information on the time or exact place of origin. I'm desperately looking for answers, I posted on several subreddits and scoured the internet, most books with valuable info are in russian and your homegirl is STRUGGLING.
I have no clue how he escaped being melted during the revolution but here he is, in all its 14kt, faceted sapphire, old cut and rose cut diamonds splendour. I wonder if someone hid him while fleeing or was he safe all along, far away from harm along with his owner.
The hallmark is 56(14kt), used before the kokoshnik marking system that Nicholas II put in place, but I have no idea what the letter Я (ya) next to it could be. Assay office perhaps? Also visible is presumably the maker's mark, unfortunately worn down, as far as I can tell the first letter looks like И (ee)? I'm desperately looking for answers, most books with valuable info are in russian and your homegirl is STRUGGLING.
I knew it opened before I bought it but had NO CLUE what (or who) was inside. Someone loved that person so much..don't mind me, I'm just crying a bit.
According to hallmarks, it's 9ct, assayed in Birmingham in 1867. I don't know if it's a mourning ring or a token of love?
I got this critter from a Swedish listing that said it was an 18K gold ring with rose cut diamonds and a blue stone. My jeweler says it's been resized (to a smaller size) and it probably lost its hallmarks then unfortunately. It appears to be rose gold and the blue stone has a tiny part where it appears purple, as well as a dark speck on the surface. My best guess is Victorian era? No clue as to where it could originate from ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Bought it from Sweden, it was listed as an early 20th century diamond and sapphire ring from Russia. I scoured the internet for more information about the hallmarks. Unfortunately half of the maker's mark is worn down, the first letter looks like И (ee) but I'm not positive about that. The 56 is a 14k gold mark that was used in imperial Russia so that checks out with the listing but the Я (ya) next to it..I'm stumped.