Dating Please

[Treetotal]

And a cooler version...but..you don't have to have them if you don't want 
Carol

[verezzi]

Hi again,

They look fabulous, my wife will be pleased when she gets in. I am always impressed with the work people do dating and restoring pictures on here, fantastic stuff!

Dan

[jim1]

Most postcards from this time were never sent or were sent with an accompanying letter.

[chinakay]

Jim beat me to it...the postcard was just a popular style of photo production and was not really intended to be sent through the mail. We very rarely see one that has been stamped and addressed. The big advantage to the style is there are dating clues.

Cheers,
China

[starcat]

 Ive never seen any woman in a photo before wearing 3 rings on one finger,looks like 2 bands & a signet ring,is this unusual or has anyone seen this before.
Jenn

[verezzi]

Hello,

Thanks for the continued comments, everyone has been so helpful. I think the dates and information match who we believed it to be. Interesting about the postcard photos as I have a few of those myself.

As to the rings, I noticed that and they are quite prominent too. The story behind the lady is that she married a gentleman up in Scotland and then ran away from him taking their daughter with her, she set up with a widowed gentleman and had children with him but they didn't marry until many many years later so technically she wasn't married to her 'husband' at the time of the photo so if one of those rings is a wedding one it could be the one from her original marriage or one for show. They set up together in 1906 but didn't marry until the 1940s.

Anyway thanks again for all the help!

Dan

[jiminan]

Edwardian, I would say. Either side of 1910. The lady looks to be in her 30's, possibly 40's if you know the birth date of your wife's great grandmother. She would have to be born around 1870 ish if it was her.

Kind Regards

AJ

AJ I'm absolutely agree with you, it's either side of 1910.

[starcat]

Did she have any sons, Its only a thought but a signet ring on a wedding finger seems odd to me,unless the photo could be more 1914 & the ring belonged to a son who gave it to his mother to wear while he was away fighting.

[verezzi]

Hi,

She had a stepson who probably fought, he would have b9 when she started to raise him and 17 in 1914. That's quite interesting about the signet ring, I had not heard about that done in wartime and gives a greater depth to the photo.

Thanks again,

Dan