Gold Jewelry Markings Italy

Most fine gold jewelry is clearly marked or stamped.

Gold jewelry markings italy.

Gold ring the 18k italian art nouveau ring pictured above seems to have been made between 1934 and 1944 the period of the fasces symbol for italy. Two widely faked marks on base metals in the market are 14k italy and 585 fig. In which case it will display one of the markings discussed here. In europe they use a fineness mark instead of karat.

Most jewelry in italy is 18 karat gold or higher. To the left of the fasces there appears to be a number 7 a number 1 or perhaps even a hammer or ax. Some jewelry is marked with something else instead of or in addition to those mentioned above. Review of gold marks.

I believe this symbol to be the identifying mark of the maker. Gold plated jewelry markings. Italian 14k gold mark forged on gold jewelry. 18k gold is 7500 10k is 4167 and so on.

Italy a silver or gold object that is to be sold commercially is in most countries stamped with one or more hallmarks indicating the purity of the metal and the mark of the manufacturer or silversmith. Well that covers the meanings of 750 585 417 and other gold markings on jewelry. It indicates the content of gold on a numeric scale. These forged marks commonly appear on pieces with no gold content.