Gold Birmingham hallmark H&S plus extra date letter

[LucyW]

I wonder if anyone can help, I’ve been trying for years to decipher the hallmark on a gold ring of mine. I know that assay office = Birmingham, it’s 18ct and the manufacturer is H&S (can’t find who that was) but there appears to be two date letters. The first is O or Q (the bottom is worn off) and indicates it was made circa 1860 but then to the right there is another letter (D) followed by the numbers 304, 3 slightly larger and finer than the 04. I’ve attached the best photo I could get to see if anyone knows what these extra marks mean. Thank you!

[SILVERFINGER]

7 minutes ago, LucyW said:

I wonder if anyone can help, I’ve been trying for years to decipher the hallmark on a gold ring of mine. I know that assay office = Birmingham, it’s 18ct and the manufacturer is H&S (can’t find who that was) but there appears to be two date letters. The first is O or Q (the bottom is worn off) and indicates it was made circa 1860 but then to the right there is another letter (D) followed by the numbers 304, 3 slightly larger and finer than the 04. I’ve attached the best photo I could get to see if anyone knows what these extra marks mean. Thank you!

The hand done numbers I have seen before and were sometimes done by jeweller when a piece of jeweller was sold to identify where it was sold from or who a customer was, or if a customer brought it in for repair or if wanted to porn it,  the D date looks like 1852, its possible that its hallmark was applied uneven making the date hard to see so it was re-assayed, but the O or Q date are newer so that wouldn't make sense, if you can get a better picture of the H&S I will see if I can find the maker. 

[SILVERFINGER]

You could always send these guys a message, don't attach a picture incase their spam filter blocks it, 

https://theassayoffice.com/anatomy-of-a-hallmark

[LucyW]

Thanks for quick response! Good to know. Here’s best I can get

[SILVERFINGER]

Here have a look at these and see if it matches any, 

https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Birmingham-HR-HZ.html#HS

[SILVERFINGER]

Oops wrong link sorry lol

 

https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Birmingham-HA-HB.html#H&

[SILVERFINGER]

Now they were silversmiths above but sometimes they made gold and silver, I will try and look for some specialised goldsmith marks