hi thanks for the info me and my partner are really excited in the info that you have found out so far and if you can find out more about it we both would be very gratfull and also what did the w/444 mean an the ring if we were looking in to selling it how would i get its value and what it would be worth. many many thanks richard smith
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Horseshoe Jewelry & Gypsies by: Anonymous
the Europeans were not the only ones who embraced the horseshoe shape and incorporated it into their jewelry. Gypsies were also fond of the horseshoe shape; it was commonly used in the popular cuff bracelets. Gypsy people say, that the horseshoe should always be worn with the tips pointing up so the luck doesn't run out the ends.
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British Hallmarks on Horse Shoe Ring by: Anonymous
Hi Richard thanks for writing in. The crown followed by 18 is an official UK mark struck on items made of 18 carat gold from 1798 - 1974. The anchor symbol is the symbol for the assay office in Birmingham. The N is the date letter. I can make out part of the letter and it looks to me, like the date letter for 1860.
" A.W.C&S " is the sponsor mark or the mark of the jewelry manufacturer who registered the mark at the Birmingham assay office. I was leaning towards Arthur Walter Crosbee, Birmingham, UK (1902 -1926) as the sponsor but these dates don't match up with the date letter. I am hoping Steve, of the assay office in London, might be able to shed some light on this for us.
All sorts of horse-racing paraphernalia were popular as motifs for jewelry and charms in the later half of the 19th century in Victorian England.
