Can anyone tell me if the cap band is hallmarked and has .750 on it, is the rest of the trim 18K or is it just the cap band?

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Hi,

Conway Stewart cap bands carry the English Hallmark and the rings on cap and barrel also crafted out of 18 carat solid gold.

Out of curiosity, why the bump message to this thread?

Regards,

Mary Burke

I was afraid no one was seeing it. The pen I have has a gold cap band and I was just wondering if the other trim was also gold. Thanks, Richard

Hi Richard,

If you feel that you are not receiving a quick enough response on a modern CS question, please don't hesitate to send me an email at: maryburke@conwaystewart.co.uk

The only problem I see with bumping messages because of response timing issues is that it will soon start to annoy people within this forum. We are all very much a friendly bunch, but many do not have access to the message boards throughout the day.

Warmest regards,

Mary Burke.

Hi,

As far as I am aware it is only the bands and the nib that are 18ct the clip etc are gold plated.

Andy

Can anyone break down the what the specific marks are? My Nelson has the following on the band:

CS - makers mark I imagine for Conway Stewart
2 Hemisphere globe with a 750 in it
750 in a box
R in circle
A crown - some assay office mark in England I think
h in a box

Will try and copy my latest English hallmarks info leaflet to assist in dating the hallmarks.

Richard,

After an hour and 15 minutes? You are joking right?

Two or three days, I would agree, but that was barely enough to drink a a few cups of coffee .

Warm regards, Wim

Mary Burke was kind enough to help me out with 2 of the hallmarks:

A crown - **symbol for gold -- 9ct [375], 14ct [585], 18ct [750], 22ct [916]**
750 in a box **18 carat gold**

Looking into Yard-O-Led hallmarking, I see the h is likely a date code. It appears they cycle through letters and then change the shape around the letter in the next sequence. No idea what particular year h boxed corresponds to.

I think the crown symbol is the assay mark for Sheffield. CS pens are made in Plymouth (in the Southwest of England), which is nowhere near Sheffield (the North). However, Plymouth's local assay office, in Exeter, was closed over a century ago - most English assay offices were dismantled over the last couple of centuries (there used to be around a dozen), to leave just three by the latter 20th century (London, Birmingham and Sheffield), so there is little 'regional' logic in English assay marks these days.

Maybe, though that conflicts with Mary's reading of it. There must be some jewelers on FPN. The truth is out there.

Does this website help - http://www.theassayoffice.co.uk/current_ha...rk_symbols.html

Ok, after perusing the Assay Office link that Carrie supplied, here is what I've come up with:

CS - makers mark for Conway Stewart
2 Hemisphere globe with a 750 in it - EU mark for 18K gold
750 in a box - 18K gold UK standard mark
R in circle - ??? must be the Assay Office though it doesn't correspond to any of the UK or EU ones listed
crown - older UK standard mark for gold
h in a box - date code for 2007

So, the mystery continues...