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Identifying ring
by: bubbles

Hi,
i am trying to identify a 9c gold band with multi coloured star set gems all the way around. It also has etched crosses inbetween the gemstones.
I cannot make out the full marking because of the stones.
I can seee _W 9 .375 M _
I am quite certain it is S&W but clarification would be great. Also for the date

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Found ring
by: Anonymous

Found a ring metal detecting marked S@W which I believe is slade and wolf its 22k and has a date stamp I which I believe is 1946. It weighs 5.2g. It has Lucky stamped inside and also 627 which I believe is the number for good fortune. My question is would of it been a wedding ring or a gamblers ring?.it’s decorated around the side and not plane in fact it’s beautiful.

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Not Platinum Test
by: Yvonne

A magnet test will determine that metal is NOT platinum. Platinum is not magnetic. If the ring is attracted to a magnet, you will know it is Not platinum
If you notice a slight magnetic pull, it is more likely that the metal is white gold mixed with nickel.

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S&W ring
by: Anonymous

Hi
I have a ring with a S&W on it but it has no PT sign. It's color is pure platinum.. How will I know if it's real platinum? Thank you

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S&w ring
by: Anonymous

Hi

I have a Slade and wolfe ring. I was just wondering if my ring is a platinum.

Thank you

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Does anyone know Mr Paul Slade or Mr Henry?
by: Anonymous

My grandfather is 81, of Indian origin and Mr Slade and Mr Henry looked after him extremely well and took him on his first job in the UK in 1961. If anyone knew anyone related to them, it would be just phenomenal for them to meet!

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Slade and wolfe
by: Paul Slade

This was my fathers company which he sold to stenhouse muir , he agreed to work for them for 5 years and then left to start another very
Successful wedding ring company Truelove wedding rings he was a stickler for quality and would always ensure that anything he sold was
In perfect manufacturing condition , he retired in 1987 .

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Slade & Wolfe
by: Anonymous

Slade and Wolfe was my grandfather's business, please let me know if you would like any information.

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22 ct wedding band
by: Yvonne

Good Morning!
are there any marks inside the band? Any idea when the ring was purchased? Or was the ring passed down to your Mum to you?
Warm Regards

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22 ct Wedding band
by: Anonymous

My mums wedding band that is yellow gold 22ct was passed down to me when she passed. I’m curious about its history and value. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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Criss cross S & W Wedding Ring - Early 60s
by: Anonymous

Hi
I have a wedding ring passed down from my mother made by S&W it has the most unusual crosses with a line through it and them separated by a line repeatedly going all around the ring. Would have been purchased in the early 60s. I would love to know what this shape was called if anyone has any ideas? Thank you.

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A Former Staff in 1970
by: Bola Adetula

I worked there for three months in 1970 filing documents. I enjoyed working there and bought two 18 Carat Signet rings. My name then was Miss Grace Oyebola Osibodu. Later left and traveled to United States of America

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Year of Manufacture
by: Anna

I have a ring that my grandmother gave me which was her mothers wedding ring. Hallmarked S&W 9 375 t and there is a symbol at the end that I can't make out, it looks like a shield, but I could be wrong.

Could anyone tell me the year and symbol please?

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Goldsmiths Hall
by: Sharon Brewer

My name is Sharon Brewer I worked At goldsmiths hall in the 70s I still remember account numbers which includes yours I have a a I g memeriis if Hatton garden spending money for friends engagement rings diamonds etc my name wS Sharon grace and I became a freeman of the city of London in the 1985 for my services to the accounts dept and help to the registration dept in my spare moments I still after 32 years away love jewellery and very pround to be drunk in the city without being funded my father Albert George grace died in 1976 I was given compassionate leave for six weeks on full pay there kindness to me has never been forgotten it was a pleasure to deal with mr furmedge mr Forbes a And don mount ford who was accounts manager at the time
Kindest regards
Sharon Brewer

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What stone? S & W Family heirloom
by: Anonymous

Hi all,

I have been passed down a family heirloom from my father who recently passed away which was given to him by his father who passed away not long after the second world war. The stamp on the ring is S&W, and it has a large clear stone, could it be a cubic zirconia or white sapphire or would it be a diamond? Would anyone know what stones were used by the company back then?

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First Slade and wolf apprentice
by: Mandy Jayne Richardson

Hi,
My father John Richardson was the first apprentice to be hired at Slade and Wolf. He was 14 years old. He worked there for 7 years before joining the Air Force He started at 12 -13 Grenville street and then moved to Hatton Gardens. He used to cycle to Kutchinskys with a delivery of thousands of pounds of jewellery in his pockets. Those were the days!! He made rings for his mother and his wife including her wedding ring. I wear all of them to this day. My father is still alive and takes great delight in the generations that will wear his work. Beautiful craftsmanship and memories.

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Setter at Slade and Wolfe
by: Paul Hills

Hi I worked as a gem setter around 1976 for slade and Wolfe, from 1971-1976 I worked for Henry Griffiths and sons (Leamington Spa) part of the same group, it had been taken over by Stenhouse Muir insurance, asset stripped and closed down.

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Engagement ring
by: Anna

I still have my engagement ring made by Slade and Wolfe, it was bought in 1974 from Cornells in Maidstone. It is 18ct white gold with four small diamonds in and is quite heavy. The price we paid for it was £40.00 (a month's pay for us). Will never part with it as it is so beautiful.

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S&w
by: r humphrey

Slade& wolf were a jewelry manufacturers based in hatters garden and have ceased trading in the mid 80s

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re Leonard cooper
by: Wendy cooper

My grandfather was Leonard cooper and he worked for Mr Slade and Mr wolf as a hand engraver
He worked from home in his workshop upstairs
On a Saturday morning the postman would deliver a small brown box full of wedding bands sent from S and W. This would be his work for the week we could here him chipping away sometimes into the early hours.When finished the ring were posted back to London. The workshop was my playground . my toys gold rings.
My own wedding ring was from Slade and wolfe a d this ring was the last one that my grandfather engraved the design was orange blossom .
I can remember going to lunch at Mick Slades home and meeting his family .

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Mr Leonard cooper
by: miss cooper

Mr l cooper was my grandfather he was a hand engraver and watchmaker .
He worked for Mr Slade and Mr Wolfe as an engraver
He worked from his work shop at home .every Saturday morning the postman would deliver a small brown box filled with plain wedding bands my grandfather could be heard chipping away at the rings sometimes into the early hours.
His workshop was my playground .I used to practice engraving on some of his copper plates alas not to a good standard.
Wide engraved wedding bands became less fashionable
And slowly the work dryed up
I am happy to say that my own wedding ring was made
By Slade and Wolfe and the last ring my grand father ever engraved with the pattern of orange blossom.

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Receipts for rings 1957
by: Ross Jordan

After my wife’s passing two months ago, June 2014, I was going through some old receipts and found the receipt for her engagement and wedding rings. It shows I paid $95.00 and $28.00 (33-5-0 and 9-16-6) for them at the PX at South Ruislip on 20 February 1957. After 57 years of our marriage I can still remember buying them. I was station at RAF Chicksands and would frequently travel down to RAF Northolt and South Ruislip on business. It was during one of these trips that I purchased them. Later in the states I bought her the Eternity Ring (I think that is the name for it) to match. The rings and receipts now belong to our granddaughter.

Should anyone be interested I could email a copy of the receipts

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Hand engraving
by: Anonymous

A man called Leonard Cooper taught me engraving I was thirteen years old he engraved wedding rings for E.wolfe & co this was in 1963

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S &W
by: Lisa

Hi i have a wedding ring passed down from my grandmother that it marked S&W 22ct with a crown but my grandparents were married in 1939 so how is this marked S&W if they didnt start trading until 1948?

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my ring?
by: vicky

i hava ring marked the following: s&w 9 375 i (in italics) and then a "blob" with the numbers in a bigger font 807 also in italics what does this mean?

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wedding ring & PLATINUM Hallmarking
by: steve

Hi there,

Slade and Woolfe were a very famous maker of wedding rings in the UK. They first registered with the London Assay Office in 1947, though I do believe they've ceased trading now.

Its only been compulsory to hallmark platinum in the UK since January 1st 1975, so items prior to that were simply stamped "PLAT"

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S & W Info
by: Anonymous

Hi Jack

S&W is the maker's mark for Slade and Woolf, who made wedding rings in the 1980s and probably the decades either side.

The following thread provides info on the S&W mark...

PLAT is for Platinum - By the 1900s it was very popular and continued to be so throughout the 1930s.

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