✅ SOLVED Help needed to ID maker's mark on ring

[invent4hir]

All, can anyone ID the maker's mark on this ring? Looks like a S on top of a W or vice-versa. I looked at a few websites and couldn't find a match.

 

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[Retired Sarge]

Here's one from Etsy with a clearer shot of the markings.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/988387...MIho_1mPeZ4wIVj56fCh0wQwSCEAQYASABEgI1vPD_BwE

 

[invent4hir]

Here's one from Etsy with a clearer shot of the markings.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/988387...MIho_1mPeZ4wIVj56fCh0wQwSCEAQYASABEgI1vPD_BwE

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Mike, thanks for the clearer image Hope to eventually return it to the original owner...

 

[Retired Sarge]

Could it be Native American made?

 

[invent4hir]

Could it be Native American made?

Thanks Mike, I considered that as well as Mexican (among others). Looked at those maker's marks w/o finding it. It could be an undocumented mark, and if it is, I'll focus more on the pattern.

 

[invent4hir]

Ok, so I showed the ring to a jeweler yesterday and here is what they said. The ring dates to the 1950s. If it was foreign-made (i.e. Mexico), that would appear on the inside of the band (due to a law passed in 1929). They said the style doesn't look Native American. Rather, given just initials for a maker's mark, the ring was probably made by an individual jeweler or a private company - which is why the maker hasn't been IDed. They said it was also probably made with a rolling mill.

With this update I'll mark this thread solved. Thanks again Mike for the assist!

 

[Red-Coat]

Just for completeness, this ring wasn't properly identified back in 2019

That's the mark used by the J.D. Schlang Company of New York, NY between c.1943-c.1950

 

[invent4hir]

Just for completeness, this ring wasn't properly identified back in 2019

That's the mark used by the J.D. Schlang Company of New York, NY between c.1943-c.1950

Red-Coat, thanks for the details.