Help with an old jewelry mark

Hello,

New member here. I just picked up some jewelry and need some help with markings. The necklace is very heavy and I believe to be platinum. Scratch test held solid at 18k acid. I don’t have 22k or plat acid right now to eliminate the possibility of stainless, but I believe it to be too old for stainless. Scratches harder than what 18k should scratch

Markings are very worn, likely old European pictorial marks. I just can’t identify them. On the flip side is a capital “R” inside a diamond shaped lozenge.

any help would be greatly appreciated

 

Could we see the entire piece please?
They look like worn Chinese marks to me.
@JayBee , @Couch Potato Wannabe , @Ce BCA can you make something of the mark?

 

Hi Picker, and WELCOME!! It's best to show the whole piece if you want the best help from the 'jewelry people' here.....

 

Yes, I will try to get more pics. I’m at work and the necklace is at home. My wife will send me a few pics later this morning that I will upload

 

While we wait for better photos:

 

Yikes, don’t mind my dirty fingers! I was digging through old jewelry for about 2 hours before the pic was taken last evening. Lol

 

LOL. You may try photographing this at a slight angle as the glare removes the details. I was trying to increase the contrast but my program couldn’t get past the light.

 

Here are 2 more that I took last evening, while I wait for my wife to send pics. I wasn’t sure of the proper orientation, so I took pics from the other direction. One has less glare

 

Yes, I checked with a strong magnet, not even the slighted pull

 

The style of the decorations looks ca 1960-70.
The people who can read Chinese have been tagged. (Assuming it is Chinese.)

That just means the metal isn't magnetic, which you wouldn't expect anyway. It doesn't prove anything else.

 

Thanks for your input. Yes, I was just getting ahead of common suggestions to check with a magnet

thanks for tagging the users that you think might know

I should also note that none of the links are pinched. Everything is soldered, and neatly I might add

 

We don't usually ask that.

 

Hm. Isn't that a worn lotus? Egyptian?

 

The R on the back doesn't jibe with Egyptian too well unless it's a trans-Med mushel.

 

for such a weak design, I'm thinking silver..

 

It’s definitely not silver. Way too heavy and it holds up to 18k acid, does not turn blue on stone. It was with gold & silver and all the silver was tarnished.