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Symbols used decoratively or meaningfully in jewellery.
An ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic sign shaped like a cross with a looped top, signifying life.
A sideways figure-eight (∞) denoting an unbounded quantity in mathematics, and used more broadly as a symbol of endlessness.
An upward-pointing triangle, the alchemical sign for fire.
An eight-armed Icelandic stave, each arm ending in a different device.
An eight-armed Icelandic stave with trident-like terminals.
The row of small stamped marks on gold and silver, and what each position in the row tells you.
Initials in a shaped punch, identifying who submitted the article.
A number in a shaped surround giving the metal's purity in parts per thousand.
A small emblem identifying which office tested and marked the article.
A single letter recording the year of assay — and readable only per office.
A walking lion marking sterling silver in England.
A seated figure of Britannia marking the higher 958 silver standard.
A monarch's head marking that excise duty had been paid.
A balance-scale mark recognised across the Vienna Convention countries.
Numbers marking gold purity — 375, 585, 750, 916 — and what carats mean.
Fineness numbers for the two later-hallmarked precious metals.
A distinct assay office mark showing an article was hallmarked on import.
Optional extra marks struck to mark a national occasion.
999.9, or 24K — how pure the metal is, stamped on the bar.
A set of eight auspicious marks drawn together in Buddhist, Hindu and Jain traditions.
A closed lattice of interwoven right-angled lines with no beginning and no end.
A written Gurmukhi phrase used as an emblem, opening the Sikh scripture.
A raised open palm with a wheel at its centre, bearing the word ahimsa.
A three-pronged spear head, the attribute of Shiva.
Nine interlocking triangles in a lotus ring, used as a focus for meditation.
A loop of prayer beads, conventionally 108 with a larger head bead.
A loop of beads in five groups of ten, with a short pendant tail ending in a crucifix.
A string of thirty-three or ninety-nine beads used for counting recitations.
Two Hebrew letters read as the word for 'living', worn as a pendant.
Two hands holding a crowned heart, an Irish emblem of love and loyalty.
Two right hands clasped, a betrothal motif on European rings.
Gemstones set in order so that their initials spell a word.
A short verse or motto engraved inside a ring's band.
A device cut in reverse into a ring's face, to be read in its impression.
A letter or number stamped inside a band, giving its size in a national scale.
A skull, coffin or hourglass on a ring, worn as a reminder of mortality.
An open right-hand palm, often with an eye motif, used across Jewish, Muslim, Christian and secular Middle Eastern/North African traditions as a protective symbol.
A circle with an arrow pointing up and right — Mars, the male sign, and iron.
A circle above a cross — Venus, the female sign, and copper.
A trident — Neptune.