Unusual mark inside ring?

[Disaster Factory]

My father recently showed me an old 14k gold jade ring that his father brought back from China after World War II, and we were trying to identify a strange marking on the inside. I'm unsure if it's a hallmark or an assayer's mark or even a date mark. I've searched everywhere but I can't seem to find anything that looks like it. Any ideas?

 

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[xr7ator]

14k = gold content and the star is probably a maker's mark.

 

[ARC]

14k = gold content and the star is probably a maker's mark.

Agreed.

Also... i will tell you this... That ring is worth a WHOLE lot more than when it was bought.

Like tremendously.

That particular type of jade is considered the best... and is highly sought by serious jade collectors.

 

[Disaster Factory]

14k = gold content and the star is probably a maker's mark.

Thanks so much! I knew about the 14k but I appreciate the info about the star mark. I haven't found any maker's marks that resemble it, but I'll keep looking.Thanks again!

 

[Disaster Factory]

Agreed.

Also... i will tell you this... That ring is worth a WHOLE lot more than when it was bought.

Like tremendously.

That particular type of jade is considered the best... and is highly sought by serious jade collectors.

Woah, I had a feeling it was high grade jade, but I didn’t know it was quite that valuable! That's really good to know, thanks so much for the information! My grandfather took it to a jeweler once and the jeweler wanted to buy it really bad, but he wouldn't sell it. I'm glad he held onto it, and now I see why the jeweler wanted it so much!

 

[crashbandicoot]

Nationalist Chinese marking maybe?Like the Flying Tigers used on their airplanes.

 

[dognose]

Thats a very nice ring.

 

[Disaster Factory]

Nationalist Chinese marking maybe?Like the Flying Tigers used on their airplanes.

That's an idea! I'll definitely look into that.

 

[CASPER-2]

Thanks so much! I knew about the 14k but I appreciate the info about the star mark. I haven't found any maker's marks that resemble it, but I'll keep looking.Thanks again!

I have found a few with star mark over the yrs - old gold rings

 

[Warrington]

Doesn't the star indicate that it is 14K according to the "world standard" which would be 13K in the U.S.

 

[Disaster Factory]

I have found a few with star mark over the yrs - old gold rings

That's good to know! This is the first one I've seen with the star mark, it would be cool to come across some more.

 

[Disaster Factory]

Doesn't the star indicate that it is 14K according to the "world standard" which would be 13K in the U.S.

I hadn't heard that before, thanks for sharing!