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About Bill and Sally Jarrett
Expertise
We are collectors, hobbyists and dealers in memorabilia and antiques - especially antique vintage and costume jewelry items. For 10 years we owned an antique shop here in Central Florida but retired and reopened a site on the internet that specializes mostly in antique jewelry and accessories such as perfume bottles, etc. Bill is informed on general antiques specializing in china and silver or sterling tablewares while Sally tends to jewelry and paper/advertising ephemera. We receive a lot of general questions from our site and would be glad to try and answer or give direction not considered for official appraisal purposes, i.e. estate or insurance.

Experience
10 years as antique shop owners 8 years as a jewelry designer supplying designs to Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and MGM as well well as other limited outlets.

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Jewelry, Gems, & Minerals - Markings inside ring

Expert: Bill and Sally Jarrett - 10/31/2009

Question
I have a ring-lookd gold has-5 small diamonds on each side and looks like 2 small rubys or garnets -but inside it is marked with a u with a arrow through the u and the number 8 beside it-so i dont know if the ring is gold or not.Can you help

Answer
Hello Betty and thank you for your inquiry. Your ring sounds lovely. The U with an arrow is probably the Manufacturer but I have been unable to locate this mark in my resources. If you item is gold, it should be marked i.e. 14K, etc. but the only way to determine gold content is to have it tested by a professional using acid. Your jeweler or possibly local antique dealer should be able to do this for you for a small fee. Hope this helps and enjoy your ring !

Sally
jarrettsjade.com

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