10K ring marked V&A on it

Hi folks
Pretty new to this but I found a ring that has a woman cameo on it with the letters v&a on it could this possibly be worth something? Just trying to find the history behind it

 

I found an old ebay thread that says V&A may stand for Victoria & Albert Museum.

Can you get a picture of the mark?

ETA: Some museums sell jewelry. One that comes to mind is MMA, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 

Never mind on the mark; it seems likely it is from Victoria and Albert Museum.

V&A Shop: Victoria and Albert Museum The world's leading museum of art and design

https://shop.vam.ac.uk/list/Jewellery/15
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It is very very hard to see the ring in your pic. The pictured needed to be cropped to just the ring. I took the liberty of cropping it for a better view.

--- Susan

 

Doesn't look like anything special......but still may have some limited value..

 

Thank you

 

Thanks!!! That's pretty cool....they sell jewellery?

 

Not that jewellery if it is marked 10K, that carat is used in the US only. UK equivalent would have a proper hallmark if sold by the V&A

 

af is spot on. It's not British.

 

It looks like the cameo is a replacement and not the original "stone".

 

I had no luck finding a USA jewelry mark of "V&A" other than the mention of a company by the the name of V & A Jewelry, Mfg. of Los Angeles. I could not find their mark anywhere. According to the following mention of the company on an ebay jewelry board, it seems it went out of business in the 1990s. Do note the mention of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Like Af and Owmedby... (both very very knowledgeable people of Great Britain) said not of Great Britain because of lack of British hallmarks that are necessary on precious metals such as silver, gold and platinum.
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archi...elry-stamp-EXTREMELY-ornate-ring/td-p/2889631

Here is page on their trademark:
https://inventively.com/search/trademarks/owner/V&A Jewelry Mfg. Inc.

Without a pic of the mark, there is probably little chance of IDing the maker, and as only 10k probably no great value. The cameo doesn't look finely carved with very little detail work.

--- Susan

 

To possibly highjacking this thread for a moment I have a question for those of Great Britain. We in the states use the word karat (K or Kt) for gold and carat for diamonds. Do y'all use carat for gold and for diamonds?

https://theassayoffice.co.uk/help-with-hallmarks/compulsory-marks

--- Susan

 

Did I miss the post where the seller states it's marked and/or tested at 10K?
I agree that the cameo doesn't look original to the setting.

Anyway, this doesn't give much help but here's another ring with a V&A mark:

http://www.trocadero.com/stores/merday/items/1334690/Art-Deco-14-18K-Gold-Diamonds-Row-Ring-1930s

 

Subject of this this thread, "10K ring marked V&A on it"

 

oops!

 

British usage is carat for gold and diamonds. Confusion is improbable.

 

Thanks, af!

 

To me: KARAT = purity of gold. / CARAT = size of a diamond.

 

Carat is a weight measurement for gemstones, 5 carats equals 1 gram.

 

In the UK and Europe, it is indeed carat for both, albeit with different meanings.

With my physics geek head on, I'd also point out that it's a measurement of mass, when using in the gem stone sense.