Help please with Hallmarks

[Carptastic1]

Hi, can anyone help with these hallmarks i have been told Sheffield around 1860 but really need them confirming 

 

Many thanks

[sixgun]

i take it this ring is gold and it is 'very old'.
i see a lion passant guardant there - well it think that is what it is.

 

 

 

Looks like the lion is facing forwards. 

https://www.marklittler.com/the-history-of-british-hallmarking/

The lion passant still appears on silver but it used to appear on gold as well. The lion passant was the fineness mark used on 22 carat gold from 1544 until 1844.

The 18 carat gold standard was introduced in 1798 and was marked with a crown and the number 18.

After 1844 both 18 ct and 22 ct standards were marked with a crown and either the number 22 or 18.

So on that basis we are looking at a 22 ct gold ring from between 1544 and 1844.

Are we looking at the date letter for 1839 on its side? If we say a gothic D, that is 1839 for the London assay office. It is other years for other offices. 

So it appears to our eye as

It all depends on what we think this mark is - which i think is the mark for the assay office.

Edited September 7, 2023 by sixgun

[Mobius]

I agree with @sixgun, that is the date letter 'D' for 1839 (London). The other marks are the Lion Passant and a Duty Mark.

 

[sixgun]

18 minutes ago, Mobius said:

The other marks.....a Duty Mark.

This would be a Queen Victoria duty mark - after rotating the mark it is super obvious.

Here is a reference example

@Carptastic1 - there is another mark on the right that we cannot see - this is the maker's mark - if you can ahow a better photo of that we might be able to work out who the maker is.

Edited September 7, 2023 by sixgun

[Carptastic1]

@Sixgun thanks for the help with that here is the best photo i have of the other mark 

The first is as it were looking at it the other is flipped