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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 913781, member: 5833&quot;]I&#039;m still not persuaded (trying to get you an antique here).&nbsp; Looks like there&#039;s an imperfection at that point. Not clear to me if the &#039;flick&#039; is a little introductory flourish, as on the 1976 B or the remnants of the serif on the 1850 B.&nbsp; What I do note is that the bottom loop of your B is decisively closed, while 1976 is not, a distinguishing feature of that B.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blog.sugaretcie.com/interpreting-the-english-hallmarks-on-your-antique-jewelry/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://blog.sugaretcie.com/interpreting-the-english-hallmarks-on-your-antique-jewelry/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.sugaretcie.com/interpreting-the-english-hallmarks-on-your-antique-jewelry/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of a fully hallmarked ring. Meaning (from left to right) it has a maker’s mark, <i><b>a duty mark (not always part of a full set of hallmarks)</b></i> [emphasis mine], a metal mark (gold), a purity mark, a city mark, and a date mark. The ones to focus on that will give you the basic information are the last three. The purity mark, what carat gold is it? The city mark, this will help you when looking up the date mark, and the date letter so that you can look up the year the piece was assayed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your piece has other marks we haven&#039;t even considered yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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