Some jewelry is marked with something else instead of or in addition to those mentioned above.
Gold jewelry markings italy.
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.
Italian 14k gold mark forged on gold jewelry.
Such a mark represents a ratio or proportion of gold to other.
In which case it will display one of the markings discussed here.
Review of gold marks.
Most fine gold jewelry is clearly marked or stamped.
Gold plated jewelry markings.
So for example a 14k gold from italy is marked as 585.
It indicates the content of gold on a numeric scale.
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.
These forged marks commonly appear on pieces with no gold content.
Most jewelry in italy is 18 karat gold or higher.
Two widely faked marks on base metals in the market are 14k italy and 585 fig.
In europe they use a fineness mark instead of karat.
I believe this symbol to be the identifying mark of the maker.
Pure gold also called fine gold is 24 karat or 24k.