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About Bill and Sally Jarrett
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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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You are here: Experts > Style > Jewelry Making > Jewelry, Gems, & Minerals > mens signet ring
Expert: Bill and Sally Jarrett - 11/2/2009
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I purchased this mens signet ring approxamately 25 years ago at a flea market in Germany. I recently took it to a jeweler and was told it was gold filled and an antique. The only mark on it is the number 998 (I think, very hard to see) on the inside of the band. I was wondering if you could possibly tell me any more about it.
Thank You
Answer
Hello Vicki and thank you for your inquiry. A signet ring is a ring with a flat table or face that bears an inscription of a coat of arms, family crest, or some other type of insignia or monogram. Previously used with wax to place a seal on documents. The number 998 must be a design number. Numbers are used to identify metals used i.e. 925 for sterling, 14k etc for gold, but there is no indication for 998 to my knowledge. You might want to have it rechecked for metal fineness using the acid method unless this is how your jeweler determined it to be gold-filled.
Hope this helps !
Sally
jarrettsjade.com
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