Help with identifying this mark

[toolbelt_woman]

This is a little 10k gold ring I found. The maker's mark looks like the astrological sign for Leo with the letter Z in-between. I'm stumped!

[niftyfindsinphoenix]

Good morning toolbelt_woman,

I took a rather extensive look at the Jewler's mark and just from experience alone it's definitely something that I don't recognize at all. Regardless, I tried to cross reference this mark with modern and antique vintage compendiums and have come up with no results. More than likely, this is a mass-produced piece by a jeweler's supplier. I usually see pieces like these quite often when I order from suppliers. Of course, this is a just a hypothesis on my end and you can always take my opinion as a grain of salt. Best of luck to you with finding the ID on this piece. Perhaps someone may find something else that I have overlooked.

[pargran3]

Looks like Omega Zeta Omega to me. Maybe not a maker's mark but a sorority chapter identification?

[niftyfindsinphoenix]

Now that you mentioned it, I can also see the sorority mark being a definite possibility. Good find on your end pargran3. More than likely, we can infer to the fact that this must have been an order with a jeweler and someone from the sorority wanted an engravement of the name on the ring. Again, just a theory on my part.

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

@pargran3 

What if MM is flipped?

 now it looks like UZU jewelry doesn't it?

@toolbelt_woman 

[pargran3]

Possible I guess. Hard to tell which way is up.

[toolbelt_woman]

Thank you everyone for your help. Very good observations and theories, especially the possible sorority link. There are definitely Omega Zeta Omega chapters out there; will have to look to see if there is one here in Washington state where I am located.

It is a small ring so I assume it is a woman's ring. The design is interesting, almost like the twisted tines on barbed wire. Not something an older woman would wear unless she were a wild one, ha-ha!

[old.crows.nest]

Please show the other Mark.

[toolbelt_woman]

It just says K10

[old.crows.nest]

Thank you.

Putting the K before the karat value is a known Japanese way of marking.

There might also be other countries but not sure.

[old.crows.nest]

This is just a guess regarding the Mark. Looking closely each end resembles a snake head with maybe with a shared or intertwined tails.