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Is it more than just a cheep ring?
- Thread starter knarfj
- Start date
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
Unless the ring has been damaged, a open ring like that are usually toe rings.
From the 100's of rings that I have found and from my old age knowledge toy and adjustable rings come like that. Toe rings are almost always made of gold or silver, and very small and smooth. I have found more than a few toe rings and all have been gold, just saying.
I also have a friend that makes rings in his backyard trailer jewelry shop, he's a silver smith and specializes in silverware jewelry but works with gold and uses the lost wax process. It is not easy putting two metals to gather, like gold won't solder to silver, and to solder gold together a higher or low kt of gold solder is used.
I also have a friend that makes rings in his backyard trailer jewelry shop, he's a silver smith and specializes in silverware jewelry but works with gold and uses the lost wax process. It is not easy putting two metals to gather, like gold won't solder to silver, and to solder gold together a higher or low kt of gold solder is used.
It looks like it began as a chain and someone beat it into a solid ring. Here are some chains that resemble what it may have started as but I havn't found any with multiple types of metals. That alone would make it too expensive to manufacture as 'cheap jewelry'. One characteristic of your ring is that it is 3 strands or links wide at any given point as seen in some of these chains.
http://image.ec21.com/co/s/shinilchain/upimg/028.jpg
http://image.ec21.com/co/s/shinilchain/upimg/028.jpg
Thanks all for your input.
Here's an even closer look at the ring. The more I look, I have to agree, it looks to have been assembled from two not so precious metals, that had been plated prior to assembly.
I find it interesting the copper had been plated with gold and they used another darker metal for what looks to have been plated with silver.
The other image, from a previous post, shows how it looked before I cleaned it up.
HH
Here's an even closer look at the ring. The more I look, I have to agree, it looks to have been assembled from two not so precious metals, that had been plated prior to assembly.
I find it interesting the copper had been plated with gold and they used another darker metal for what looks to have been plated with silver.
The other image, from a previous post, shows how it looked before I cleaned it up.
HH
