Vintage silver earring or not?

As Im no expert, I have no idea if this is modern or vintage.
It just has the 925 mark - which I know, can suggest it was made before the 1920's, before hallmarks were standard, in England.

I would really like a good firm date, as Im doing a local history of an area and looking at all the periods represented.

Thank you ......... more to follow

 

Welcome to the forum @Colinloves
I am no expert but many modern items only have the 925 on them. This looks fairly recent to me but I’m sure someone will be along soon to confirm or not so I could be very wrong!
I think the date marks and pictorial fineness marks are now optional so many items only have 925 on them.
Please can you click ‘edit’ on your post and then go back to your photos and click ‘full image’ That will make them easier to look at.

 

Here you go-
Further changes to the legislation were made by the Hallmarking (Hallmarking Act Amendment) Regulations 1998 to bring the UK legislation in line with the rest of Europe.

The main changes were:

• Standards to be expressed as parts per thousand (millesimal) on all metals, eg Sterling silver to be marked 925, 18ct gold to be marked 750 etc…
• Date letters are now optional
• Pictorial fineness standard marks ie lion for silver, crown for gold, orb for platinum, now optional
• Separate marks for imports abolished
• New standards established for all metals

 

Pretty earring Colinloves, but your statement about the 925 mark "which I know, can suggest it was made before the 1920's, before hallmarks were standard, in England." is incorrect. Where do you live?

 

I was also thinking it was modern, but with a vintage design. As when it was recovered from the ground, it was as you now see it, and not tarnish.

 

The other thing to know is that not all jewelry was assayed (which was not cheap.)

 

I live in England, UK. I read in a few places that hallmarks were not standard before 1920. of course hallmarks were used before that time. its just that it wasnt a legal requirement.

 

It looks modern to me and resembles, in my mind, jewelry from Bali or India.

 

The style screams 1980s-90s.
I had similar ones in amethyst back in the day.
I agree with @Barn Owl, made in Bali, India or Thailand.

 

ya, I'm seeing 80's also..

 

Later than that. I'm seeing 90s or later. Made in India probably, Bali or Thailand possibly, and sold all over.

 

It's pretty recent, and I'd agree on India or Bali or Indonesia.

Hallmarks have been a legal requirement for centuries. However, this was often ignored.

 

You heard wrong and now there is another line of this error online

and now another

 

"For a long time, particularly during the Georgian and Victorian eras, jewelry was often sold without proper hallmarking. In fact, hallmarking only became compulsory on all precious metals around the 1920s. As a result, the Assay Office carries a pre-1950s exemption from hallmarking. If a piece was manufactured before 1950 and bears no hallmark, it is exempt from the Assay Office's usual requirements."


https://www.antiqueanimaljewelry.com/post/hallmarks-an-antique-jewelry-beginner-s-guide#:~:text=For a long time, particularly,pre-1950s exemption from hallmarking.

You wanna go and tell them they are wrong too, Terry?

 

I was thinking the same. Not that I know anything. It was just a vibe.

 

American jewelry, especially artisan, still isn't marked sometimes to this day.

 

I'm in the UK. That link is arrant nonsense. It also copies images from the assay office but gets the facts wrong. Trading Standards laws require that precious metals be hallmarked, or described as yellow or white metal OR have been tested properly.

 

Good word that.

 

I do like me a Word.

 

Since they were little, the girls have got used to ‘word of the day’
If someone uses a good word they try to use it again that day. Sounds very Yummy Mummy ish but it’s not planned in any way shape or form and sometimes doesn’t happen for weeks.
I knew I had succeeded other day when the 9year old used the word ‘piqued’ correctly in context. My work here is done