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Is worth more as an antique
by: Chris

Yes I'm not sure about the kart but I will have it tested but my question is: Is is it worth more cause it's an antique?

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XXX W
by: Sunday and Sunday Antiques

Hello,

I can assure you, the XXX does NOT mean the ring is 14k or 18k gold. I have had dozens of rings with this early JR Wood (who would become Art Carved) maker mark variation. The XXX mark signifies 10K gold content/purity. For more information see our JR Wood & Sons archives:

http://imageevent.com/sunday_best/jrwoodsons

I don't know if your jeweler actually gold-tested your ring, but if he would have done it properly, a 10k content would have been ascertained.

Hope this is of help to you,
Carolyn Sunday
www.sundayandsunday.com

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xxx
by: Anonymous

I had a ring marked xxx and was gold filled one time. so not every ring marked xxx is solid gold guaranted

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A ring with a swastika on top
by: Anonymous

I acquired a ring with the xxx and sideways w with a swastika on top and markings down the side. I was told it is an 18k Native American ring from the 1860's. With the information that I have acquired from this site, many questions have been answered. Although I am questioning whether it's really a Native American ring or possibly someone related to that Nazi party. Does anyone have any insight on how to tell the difference? It's from near Nedrow NY, which is a reservation for the Onondaga Nation tribes. Any further information and or reference material would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time. Please help

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XXX art deco bracelet
by: Anonymous

XXX on bacelet art deco costume jewelry faux star sapphires faux silver barred lnks really beautiful:-)

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The Maker's Mark
by: Yvonne

Robert

G & W could be the maker's mark. Was your GG Grandmother living around the New York area?

Best Regards
Yvonne

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Genuine heirloom or pawn shop replacement
by: Robert

My mother has a wedding band that has the initials G & W before the 14K mark. She said it was her Great Great Grandmothers ring which would trace backwards to the 1920's, but no one in the family had those initials, before or since. Her mother gave it to her claiming its lineage, and my mother remembers the ring but can't be 100% it being the actual ring because the design around the ring is worn and having last seen it 50+ years ago.
Any help on the mark/age of the ring would be helpful in verification if this was the actual ring (before it gets passed on to the next generation) or a pawnshop replacement somewhere down the line.

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grandmother's wedding band
by: neal

I inherited my grandmother's gold wedding band as my wedding band when I married in 1983. It has the 3xxx and the sideways w. My mother took it to a jeweler then and he said it was unusual because it is 21k gold. I always wondered what the inscription meant.

Now I know who made it but noone here has had their bands valued as 21k yellow gold. Were we told wrong? Really it doesn't matter to me. I have worn it everyday for almost 29 yrs. Thank you for the information.

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XXX band
by: Bunny

In my experience, you should question the jeweler before you question the explanation - especially if you were trying to sell it to him!

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XXX hallmark
by: Anonymous

I have a circa 1850's wedding band, with the "XXX" hallmark. I took it to a jeweler today, and it tested as 10K. So the theory that 1 X is 10K, 2 is 14K, and 3 is 18K isn't neccesarily the case.

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US Makers Marks & Good Reference Books
by: Yvonne

Hi Paul -thanks so much for your help in solving the X mark mystery! Looks like this mystery is solved then. Thanks also for the book reference, we'll add it to our library.

We have a hallmark challenge on Antique Jewelry Investor and Paul you are welcome to participate.

Seeing we are on the subject of X marks on jewelry, and to avoid possible confusion, here's another X trademark to look out for - Keystone Publishing Company, published an annual guide called The Jeweler's Index, 1922 edition.

best regards
Yvonne Hammouda-Eyre
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XXX Mystery Mark Solved!
by: Paul Flickner

OK.... the W is for JR Woods and Sons Jewelers of NYC established in 1850...

http://www.illusionjewels.com/jrwood.html

^^ 1923 Catalog... They existed till 1970 when they merged with another company...

NOTE: According to Dorothy T. Rainwater's book "American Jewelry Manufacturers", the J. R. Wood Company was established in Brooklyn in 1850. After many years of jewelry making under that name, they merged into Lenox, Inc. [Keepsake Division] Trenton, New Jersey in 1970. Their wedding rings were sold under the trade name 'Art-Carved'. In 1975, the name of the company was changed from "J. R. Wood" to "Art-Carved Inc." Marks used by the Wood Company can be seen on page 260 of this marvelous reference book.

XXX = Gold Content or .750 3/4 or 18 of 24K :-)

I took mine to a jeweler today and he confirmed the ring to be 18K

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XXX on Patrick's Great Grandma's Wedding Band
by: Yvonne

Ashley & Paul here is another XXX maker's mark on Patrick's great grandmother's ring:
https://www.antique-jewelry-investor.com/great-grandmas-wedding-band-id-132.html

best regards
Yvonne Hammouda-Eyre

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XXX mark on jewelry plus one more
by: XXX Finger Rings

Thank you for your participation in the XXX makers mark mystery! There have been a number of visitors who have been writing in with hallmark questions about XXX markings on jewelry.

The Keystone Publishing Company published an annual guide called The Jeweler's Index that contained marks and other reference material in the early part of the 20th century. The jewelry marks of the following maker was from the 1922 edition.

Buffalo Jlry. Mfg. Co.
Brisbane Bldg
Buffalo, N. Y.

The above manufacturer used XXX mark but with another X appearing above the second X in the XXX

The singular letter above or to the side of the XXX may possibly be a date letter......
I'll keep researching and please if anyone can unravel the extra letter in the XXX maker's mark please jump in.

regards
Yvonne Hammouda-Eyre
www.antique-jewelry-investor.com

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XXX M Hallmark
by: Anonymous

I am a metal detector and I dug one just like this one hallmark wise...

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,283264.0.html

I'll let you know if I find anything out :-)

Paul Flickner

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