Found this ring about 8 inches down in a civil war area

[mspence]

Anyone know what the letters mean? O B with 10Y in between the O B.
Thanks

 

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[Retired Sarge]

10K gold Ostby Barton blank signet ring

 

[BigWaveDave]

Yes... Otsby & Barton were a jewelry firm out of Providence, Rhode Island... their firm started sometime in the 1870's and were in business until about the 1950's. Damndest thing about them too...turns out the Otsby fellow and his daughter went to Europe in 1912 to research designs and maybe purchase jewels for the business, did quite well actually. The bad decision was on the way home, when they decided to board the Titanic for the trip home. The daughter survived.

The firm continued with the "O B" hallmark, well after Mr. Otsby perished.

This info that I'm posting comes from memory, on the research I did on my own ring, that had the same mark as yours.. so the facts I listed might be a little hazy, but you get the gist of it...

You found a beauty of a ring by the way....Congrats!!!

 

[mspence]

Good info thank you very much.

 

[Ant]

I wrote this before I read BigWaveDave's thread.

My guess is that O B is the ring master's initials and the 10Y is the specific code for the wax mold.

 

[Ant]

Could this be an All Seeing Eye?

 

[mspence]

Possibly? Never thought that. I'll post better pics

 

[Showtime2385]

Killer ring

 

[mspence]

 

[stefen]

If the mfg started business in the 1870's then the ring is post CW.

Would wonder its story of being lost...hunter, farmer ?

 

[mspence]

Yeah got no idea, was farmed from prior to CW till 1950's.

 

[Ant]

I like it, the lines also remind me of the Egyptian Renaissance period.