Understanding Your 14K Gold Bracelet with a Bee Hallmark

Question
I have a gold bracelet with three diamonds.  Above the 14Ks ingraved a small bee.  Does this mean anything?  Thank you.

Answer
Hello Tillie and thank you for your inquiry. Ralph Briggs of New York City used the bee mark as part of their hallmark but I'm sure there were others. That is the only one I have listed in my resources at this time. You can check out the below site for some ideas and information on hallmarks. Some hallmark books categorize by symbol - I used to have one but cannot locate it right now. (we recently moved and my books are in somewhat of a disarray). I'll keep looking. In the meantime, copy and paste the below url into your browser address field and hit enter:

http://www.modernsilver.com/basichallmarks.htm

Another site that explains gold hallmarks is listed below:

http://www.khulsey.com/jewelry/precious_metals_hallmarks.html

Hope this helps and I'll keep looking for other similar marks.

Sally
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