Identification of Antique jewelry

There two simple ways to identify the antique jewelries.

First way is to see the hall mark of silver and gold pieces, according to the mark u can not only know the period of this item, but u can also know the original workmen place and percentage of gold and silver. All types of hall mark u can check online or some academic jewelry materials, books as well as magazines.

Gold Hallmarks checking form [6].

Another way is to identify is by the certification, normally the high-quality pieces which the seller had the certification to prove its authentic quality. There are several famous Certification laboratories.

First is the GIA Gemological Institute of America, which is one of the largest certification organization in the world, especially for the diamond.

One of Diamond Certification from GIA website [7].

[6] BIGWORLD. (2021). Silver and Gold Hallmarks. [online] Available at:

http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/dating_english_hallmarks_silver_and_gold.htm. [Assessed: 15th December 2021]

[7] GIA. (2021). SAMPLE GIA DIAMOND REPORT. [online] Available at:

https://www.gia.edu/analysis-grading-sample-report-diamond. [Assessed: 15th December 2021]