AboutBill 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.
Carol wrote at 2008-04-11 23:00:12
I recently aquired an antique aquamarine ring that sounds like the one you are describing. It is also 14K and has the same cross. It does not have CB, but has OB inscribed on the inside of the band. I believe that this stands for Ostby Barton who was a jewelry maker in the early 1900's. He was one of the people who perished on the Titanic. His daughter was also on the Titanic but she survived. My ring also has beautiful white gold filigree. I have been trying to get it appraised, but have not been successful so far. I only got the ring the night before Easter from my husband's grandmother's jewelry collection. Sadly, she passed away around 10 years ago, and noone knows where she got the ring or from whom. I would love to hear a more detailed description of the ring--mind has an oval shaped, large aquamarine stone. The ring is very light blue in color.
