Guide to Recognizing Real Gold and Matching Ring Set For Couples
What is gold hallmarking?
Couples Braclets is the result of the old practice of using gold marks to ensure the purity of jewelry, like diamond rings or engagement rings. These hallmarks were accompanied by the signature from the assay office that is responsible to verify the quality of the product or the carats of gold. Over time, the identification marks of the goldsmith responsible for creating the product were added.
The hallmarking of jewelry made of gold was a first-of-its-kind method of consumer protection in Europe, dating back to the time of Kings Louis IX of France and Edward I of England in the 1200s. In the middle ages, with the emergence of guilds of craftsmen in these major European markets, assayers from the state were hired to examine precious metal products. Assayers were commissioned to apply a prescribe…
