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<p>[QUOTE="HMB, post: 378507, member: 7939"]<font size="3">"<b>After 1838, a maker’s mark in a lozenge (diamond shape with four equal sides) was also required on French gold, silver and platinum. According to Tardy, the lozenge shape itself was introduced in 1797, but it is not clear if there were any regulations about its use at that time."</b></font></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><img src="http://www.modernsilver.com/lacroixmarks.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></p><p><b><a href="http://www.modernsilver.com/basichallmarks.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.modernsilver.com/basichallmarks.htm" rel="nofollow"><font size="3">http://www.modernsilver.com/basichallmarks.htm</font></a></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><font size="3">Don't think this ring is anywhere near this old but this is the only other similar marking I have found so far, apparently the French call it a 'lozenge'.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>"In France, the UK, Austria, Portugal and Ireland, 9 carat is the lowest caratage permitted to be called gold. In Denmark and Greece, 8 carat is the legal minimum standard."</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><b><a href="https://www.gold.org/about-gold/gold-jewellery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gold.org/about-gold/gold-jewellery" rel="nofollow">https://www.gold.org/about-gold/gold-jewellery</a></b></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Any thoughts on this being of French origin?</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="HMB, post: 378507, member: 7939"][SIZE=3]"[B]After 1838, a maker’s mark in a lozenge (diamond shape with four equal sides) was also required on French gold, silver and platinum. According to Tardy, the lozenge shape itself was introduced in 1797, but it is not clear if there were any regulations about its use at that time."[/B][/SIZE] [B] [IMG]http://www.modernsilver.com/lacroixmarks.jpg[/IMG] [URL='http://www.modernsilver.com/basichallmarks.htm'][SIZE=3]http://www.modernsilver.com/basichallmarks.htm[/SIZE][/URL] [/B] [SIZE=3]Don't think this ring is anywhere near this old but this is the only other similar marking I have found so far, apparently the French call it a 'lozenge'. [B]"In France, the UK, Austria, Portugal and Ireland, 9 carat is the lowest caratage permitted to be called gold. In Denmark and Greece, 8 carat is the legal minimum standard."[/B] [B][URL]https://www.gold.org/about-gold/gold-jewellery[/URL][/B] Any thoughts on this being of French origin?[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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