Old Germanic sterling ring sizer

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Miscstuff, Sep 24, 2017.

  1. Miscstuff

    Miscstuff Sometimesgetsitright

    Had this ring sizer for donkeys years and always wondered how old it was.
    Some details
    weight 40gms
    main ring 6cm Diameter
    readable text
    "M.Zwatschka" "Wien" "J.PachXXXX" "Donath"(owners name?)
    "875"(very faint on rear) "S"(possibly sterling under solder joint)
    scale "1-20"
    The rings look like they were hammered round which makes me think it might be reasonably old although I don't know when the ring numbering system came into being, That will set a limit on how old it could possibly be.
    Any ideas??
    Cheers
    Stephen

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  2. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    It has America ring size numbers,maybe the company that made them was a German named company in the U.S.
     
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  3. terry5732

    terry5732 Well-Known Member

    Vienna is not in the US or Germany
     
  4. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    That's a cool piece. Seems like it has some genuine age to it. Very nice.
     
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  5. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

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