All the beautiful gems that GAIA will allow us to extract
Recent Purchase
Item Number: LG 120
A
Victorian Gold and Cabochon Single Stone Ring, The
lemon/lime coloured Chrysoprase Agate, which looks like it is made of Vaseline,
is centrally set with embossed stylised serpent head shoulders to a plain shank
with inner hallmark for the city of Chester, 18 ct Gold and the date letter for
1897.
Condition:
Good Weight 4.4g
Size:
UK: K USA: 5 ¼
Japan 10
Price
£685
NB Because of the unusual colour of this Gem, be prepared for the frequent question, “what stone is that?”
Recent Purchase
Item Number: LG 118
An oval Victorian Cabochon Turquoise and Diamond Cluster Ring.
Condition: Good
Weight
of Ring: 3.02g Dimensions of
top: 10mm x 12mm
Size: UK:
N
USA: 6 ¾
Japan: 13
Price: £990
Recent Purchase
Item Number: LG 117
A Victorian Cabochon Ruby single stone Ring,
the Gem set in a channel edged bezel, with a dart design in the Gothic taste at
the four compass points, to plain angled shoulders and a slender unmarked shank,
testing as 18 carat Gold. The Ruby, which weights approximately 1.25
carats, is a lovely colour and is probably an old untreated Burma stone, which
glows warmly on the finger. English:
circa 1860
Condition:
Good Weight
of Ring: 2.2g
Size: UK
M
USA: 6 ¼ Japan: 12
Price: £1,450
Item Number: LG 116
A
Victorian three row Diamond Ring, the
old cut stones in eight, nine, eight formation in open back settings and unusual
for a Victorian Ring, yellow Gold is used and there are no Silver on Gold
collets. The Ring has attractive scrolling Regency style shoulders to a fluted
shank, stamped inside with a makers mark and 18c for 18 carat Gold. English
circa 1880.
Condition: Good Weight of Ring: 5.07g
Approximate
Diamond Weight: 1 carat+
Size: UK
M
USA 6 ¼ Japan 12
Price £1,600
Item Number: LG 115
A
late Georgian oval shaped Diamond cluster Ring,
comprising twenty-three round, cushion shaped and rectangular cut
Diamonds in Silver on Gold open backed settings, to trefoil shoulders and reeded
shank, unmarked and testing as 18 carat Gold.
English circa 1830
Condition:
Good Weight of Ring:
2.05g
Size: UK J USA 4 ¾ Japan 8
Price £1,800
Item Number: LG 114
A
splendid looking Georgian Diamond Ring,
the triple row of twenty-one Silver set on gold, closed back, Old Mine, Brilliant Cut
Diamonds emitting fire that modern stones can rarely match, the principle reason
because the Diamonds probably originated from the Golconda Mines in India,
exhausted by 1800, which produced Diamonds of such soft light and lustre that
the world had not seen before or since, which makes this Ring the ultimate
candle lit dining experience to appreciate the true beauty of these stones which
excel in the gentlest of illumination. Each shoulder has a simple leaf
design motif between double reeded arms to a similar shank.
English circa 1810
Condition:
Good. Weight
of Ring 4.06g
Approximate
Diamond weight: 3 carats
Size: UK: N USA: 6 ¾ Japan:13
Price £4,800
Item Number: LG 112
A
superior quality Victorian three stone Emerald and Diamond Gypsy set Ring. At the centre, a fine rectangular Emerald and on either side, a good
Old Mine Cut Brilliant Diamond, each weighting approximately 30 points, all in
untouched and original settings. The substantial mount is in unmarked 18 carat
Gold and is also in excellent condition.
English: circa 1885.
Condition:
Good
Weight of Ring: 7.08g
Size: UK
L ½
USA: 6 Japan:
12
Price: £2,400
Item Number: LG 111
A
mid 17th century Gold and Rock Crystal Ring
The Ring has a square Gold box top setting and is mounted with a table cut Rock Crystal, an important health giving gemstone then and still is to the present day. The Ring has slightly curled shoulders leading to a fluted shank and behind the head is a slightly raised design giving an almost cruciform appearance at first glance.
The
finger size is quite large but if you examine portraits of the period, you will
see that men also used to wear this design Ring, sometimes on the thumb or on
the index finger. English
Circa 1650
Condition: Very Good
Weight 5.0g
Dimensions 10mm x 10mm
Size UK:
S
USA 9
Japan 20
Price £3,400
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Item Number: LG 110
An
almost extinct specie, that
is to say an original Butterfly Ring of the Belle Époque. This pretty
Swallowtail is set with a four stone Sapphire body and Rose Diamond wings and
antennae. There are further Rose Diamonds on each curling shoulder and on the
outer edge of the shank are two French Gold marks. Behind the body is a
screw devise, which means that it would have originally been retailed in a case
with additional fittings such as a hair comb, pendant, brooch frame, etc.
together with the miniature tool required to change this beautiful jewel into
another creation. This has all been lost, but we still have the most important
part of the set, THE RING, French circa
1890
Condition: Good
Weight:
4.0g Dimensions: 18mm x
16mm
Size: UK
M
USA: 6 ¼ Japan
12
Price: £5,500
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Item Number: LG 109
A
fine coloured Lapis Lazuli rectangular plaque, with single faceted corners and
outer edges, set in a Gold Ring mount with triple fluted shoulders to a slender
shank stamped 585 for 14ct Gold. Continental
Circa 1950.
Condition: Good.
Weight
6g
Size UK: O USA: 8 Japan: 17
Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 108
An
attractive cabochon Opal single stone Ring.
The
vibrant high domed stone in excellent condition and displaying a colour range of
pink, mauve, green and blue and set in a crown shaped mount, to a slender shank
stamped 750 for 18 carat Gold.
I am
unable to do justice to the stone with my camera, but I can promise you that the
colours are much better than my photographs show and if you hold the starry
floor of Heaven in thrall, you will
Condition:
Good Weight
of Ring: 3.4g
Size:
UK: L USA:
5 ¾ Japan: 11
Price: £795
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Item Number: LG 107
Here
is an enchanting and pristine Ring, with a finely carved Moonstone “Man in the
Moon” face with a surround of twelve glowing Rubies. All mounted in unmarked
Yellow Gold and testing as 18ct. and in very good hardly worn condition, which
makes me think that this sweet Ring has spent most of its 120 year life in a box
in a vault. I have not seen a Moonstone and Ruby Ring of this quality and charm
in any of the world’s major salerooms in 25 years of attendance!
Condition: Good
Weight of Ring: 2.1g Diameter: 10mm
Size:
UK: K USA:
5 ¼
Japan: 10
Price £SOLD
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Item Number: LG 106
A
fine old square cut Amethyst of rich Royal Purple hue, recycled into a 9ct Gold
mount in 1983, so the hallmark tells me. This
velvety stone was probably in an Art Deco Jewel, subsequently remodelled (it
still happens) and has possibly attended some of the finest balls of the
1920’s. This Amethyst, if remounted in a good design Ring with carefully
chosen small Diamonds, could command a price of two to three thousand pounds.
9ct English Gold mount 1983, Amethyst
circa 1920
Condition:
Good Weight
of Ring: 6.6g
Dimensions of top: 14x14mm
Size: UK: O USA: 7 Japan: 15
Price: £440
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Item Number: LG 105
A
petite little Ring, centrally set with a cabochon Amazonite (often mistaken for
Jade), with beautiful sinuous shoulders and shank, the style of which I always
think of being Celtic Art Nouveau, if one can put periods of 1500 years time
difference together. The inner shank is stamped 14 and with an axe head
makers mark, making the Ring a good example of American jewellery circa 1890
Condition:
Good Weight
of ring: 2.9g
Size: UK:
K USA: 5 ½ Japan:
10
Price: £450
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Item Number: LG 104
A fine cushion cut Gem quality Amethyst,
claw set as a solitaire in 18ct Gold and was probably worn as an Engagement Ring
by a woman born in the month of February, whose lover would only settle for the
finest example of Amethyst available on the market at that time and to be so
designed that the culet touches the skin to further enhance his fiancée’s
health and beauty. It would be very difficult, if not impossible, to order such
a quality gemstone today, not being just a question of money but this richness
of colour is unavailable. So if you
wish to give or to own, the finest of Siberian Amethysts, then you have found
it. English circa 1910
Condition: Good
Weight:
Size: UK: L USA: 5¾ Japan: 11
Price: £1,550
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Item Number: LG 103
I have heard of Natural Blue Spinels over the years but I have never owned one. Precious Red Spinels, of which I am very fond, yes, Pretty Pink and Mauve Spinels, yes, low value White Spinels, yes, but Blue, never. So now I have bought one and it’s a beauty! A nice large top surface in a generous type of Emerald cut, with small double claws at each corner, the mount all Platinum and probably made in the 1930’s. How to describe to you the colour of a Natural Blue Spinel? It is not a soft velvety colour like a good sapphire and it is not the mauve/blue of a tanzanite. I suppose when I first saw the stone it struck me as being sharp and bright and puzzling because I did not know what I was looking at. When I say bright, I do not mean light because the stone is darkish but “bright”, like Electric Blue. But what I found intriguing is what I see in the stone under the spotlights. Do you know what a children’s sparkler is? It’s a kind of safe firework you can hold on a stick and it showers out hundreds of little white sparkles. Well, that is what I can see in this Blue Spinel when I move my hand whilst wearing the Ring, except that the sparkles are another shade of Blue. Quite fascinating. English circa 1934
Condition: Good
Weight: 5.3g
Size: UK: J½ USA: 5 Japan: 9
Price: £6,800
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Item Number: LG 101
A
heavy Victorian Gold Gypsy Ring, centrally set with a Moonstone and a
Chrysoberyl Cats Eye on either side. This Ring is in superb condition and the
Gemstone combination is most unusual and was probably a unique commission and
all three Gems are in untouched and original settings. The unmarked mount is in
thick 18ct Gold and I will not even touch it with an acid test because this is
Victorian Gold work at its substantial best.
English circa 1880
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 12.6g
Width: 10mm
Size: UK: R½ USA: 8¾ Japan: 19
Price: £1,900
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Item Number: LG 100
Here is another Princess
Ring that I
bought when Mrs D went to Heaven. This one is very pretty and petite, with a top
central Diamond and below is a surround of eight small sapphires.
Radiating below that are a group of pear shaped Cabochon Gems including Ruby,
Emerald, Sapphire, Moonstone, Citrine and Chrysoberyl and sprinkled between them
are more faceted Cornflower Sapphires. There are Gold rope work designs on the
shoulders and around the Diamond and the inner shank is stamped 14K
Thai/Cambodian circa 1920.
See LG 081 for more information
Condition: Good
Weight: 7.3g
Size: UK: M½ USA: 6½ Japan: 13
Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 099
An unusual colour old
Colombian Emerald, set in a later ring mount. This stone is
quite light in colour, fairly translucent, and has a black dot inclusion in one
corner and is cut in a cushion shape which you would not normally expect to find
in an Emerald. In some lights the stone has a bluish tinge and having
shown it at a recent Antique Fair, I had several enquiries as to what was that
strange looking stone, so I withdrew it for testing and Christopher confirms
that it is an Emerald. It is in a Platinum claw bezel and the shank is in Yellow
Gold. The inner band is stamped 18ct& PT. The mount circa 1900, the
Emerald much earlier.
Condition: Good
Weight: 3.3g
Size: UK: O USA: 7 Japan: 15
Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 098
One rarely sees faceted
intense Orange Mexican Fire Opals anymore. They turn up occasionally as
Cabochons in 1980’s Rings with Diamond surrounds or as Cabochons in Silver
mounted Arts and Crafts jewellery circa 1900. The best Fire Opal jewel I ever
owned was a Necklet, which had faceted stones with a few small scattered
Diamonds and was by Liberty & Co. circa 1910. It was purchased by Miss B.B.
a customer of mine and she wears it occasionally and it looks stunning and I
would dearly like to buy it back (with a good profit) Anyway, back
to this Ring. The Fire Opal is a cut cornered faceted rectangle, similar to an
Emerald cut and is a very good colour. The stone has a surround of sixteen
Diamonds, all Platinum set, of which there are three on each shoulder in
triangular settings. The yellow metal shank is unmarked and tests as 18ct Gold.
English circa 1935
Condition: Good
Weight: 3.7g
Size: UK: L USA: 5¾ Japan: 11
Price: £880
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Item Number: LG 097
A Jade, Diamond and Platinum
Art Deco Ring of desirable proportion and scale, but only if you have smallish
hands. Both this Ring and the Lapis Lazuli Ring following are from my
private collection and having enjoyed them for nearly 20 years, it is time to
offer them on my website, as another Ring has entered my orbit. (See CS 080 for
reasons) The rectangular Jade is a pleasing colour and is centrally set
with a bright round Brilliant Cut Diamond in a milligrain Platinum setting and
the reverse of the Jade is set in a skilfully made Platinum framework. On each
shoulder are set six Diamonds in step formation, to a slender shank, which is
stamped inside with the maker’s mark & PT for Platinum. I consider
this to be a very desirable Ring. English circa 1920.
Condition: Good
Weight: 2.3g Jade Plaque: 8mm x 8mm
Size: UK: J USA: 4 ¾ Japan: 8
Price: £2,650
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Item Number: LG 096
A Lapis Lazuli, Diamond and Platinum Art
Deco Ring. The octagonal Lapis plaque set with a round Brilliant Cut
Diamond, weighting approximately 60 points, in a Platinum rub over setting and
with Egyptian Art Deco palmette design shoulders, each set with eight Diamonds,
to a plain gallery and shank, unmarked and testing as Platinum. I consider
this also to be a very desirable Ring. English circa 1920.
Condition: Good
Weight: 4.4g Lapis Plaque: 8mm x 13mm
Size: UK: J USA: 4 ¾ Japan: 8
Price: £2,650
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Item Number: LG 095
A Victorian oval Turquoise and Diamond
Ring, the central high domed Turquoise of good colour, with a surround of
fourteen Old Brilliant Cut Diamonds with a further four on each shoulder.
The total Diamond weight I estimate to be two carats and the gems are of good
colour and clarity. The all yellow Gold mount, unmarked and testing as 18ct
Gold. English circa 1880.
Condition: Good
Size: UK: k½ USA: 5½ Japan: 10
Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 094
An extraordinary 19th
century Indian Ring of what looks like an un-wearable design but is in fact very
comfortable on my finger. The
embossed scene is Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of Wealth, with two of her
attendants before a Shrine and below is a Ruby and a triple Pearl fringe and a
further Pearl at the top. The U shaped shank has a Gold braid design and the yellow
metal tests as high carat Gold (about 20ct).
Indian circa 1850.
Condition: Good
Weight: 4.0g
Size: UK: H USA: 3¾ Japan: 6
Price: £1,600
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NB I am told that this form of ring was worn on the toe, and is called a Nupur Ring
Item Number: LG 093
A
delightful Sapphire, Diamond and Platinum Ring from the period called Belle Époque,
which is generally considered to be between 1890 – 1910. The high,
almost pointed Cabochon Sapphire is probably of Kashmir origin although I do not
have a certificate for it and am expressing my opinion.
Condition: This is a Ring of exceptional quality and condition
Weight: 3.1g
Size: UK: J USA: 4 ¾ Japan: 8
Price: £4,600
From my private collection. Sue (see CS080 for reasons)
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Item Number: LG092
I
have never owned or even seen an old Marquise cut Blue Zircon before. The stone
is always in a circular Brilliant form and indeed I didn’t know that this
stone could be cut in this style. So here is this attractive stone, looking in
some lights like a priceless Blue Diamond, in an unmarked 18 carat and tested
White Gold mount. In the
1930’s, Blue Zircons found their admirers and were mounted in White Gold with
Diamonds. I offer
you this interesting and pretty Gem as a solitaire.
English circa 1902
Price: £980
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Item Number:
LG 090
A single stone cabochon Star Sapphire and Gold ring. The quite large, grey/mauve Ceylon Sapphire (about 8 carats) in a rub over setting and with a nicely scalloped gallery, to plain shoulders and shank, stamped ‘18CT’ for 18 carat Gold and numbered ‘712’.. The Sapphire has a good six-pointed star when viewed under a single electric light, . English, circa 1900
Condition:
Good
Weight: n/a
Size: UK: O USA: 7 Japan: 15
Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number:
LG 089
An Art Deco Emerald, Diamond and Platinum ring. The rectangular cut cornered top set with two rows of Diamonds, approximately 37 in all, to a central milligrain set Emerald of good colour. The reverse of the head with an intricate hand-cut Platinum gallery to a plain shank stamped ‘PLAT’ for Platinum. English, circa 1920
Condition: Good Weight: n/a
Size: UK: J
USA: 4 ¾ Japan:
8
Price: £SOLD
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Item Number: LG 088
A Victorian Gold and Diamond Memorial Ring
with three flat topped Diamonds with narrow faceted edges, the
centre stone being oval and the shoulder stones are Pear shaped almost to the point
of being Triangular. Flat-topped Diamonds, such as these, are called Portrait
Diamonds and as the name suggests, are usually used in conjunction with a
miniature Portrait, the Diamond acting as the “glass”.
I can assure you that they are rare; so do not assume that all Portrait
Rings are covered with a Diamond! In the case of this Ring, behind each Diamond
“window” is beautifully braided hair which represents the three people
remembered within the band. They are as follows: 'John died 3 June 1823 aged 12.
R.C. died 30, June 1864 aged 80 D.C.
died 13, Jan 1870. aged 87'. RC and
DC were probably the parents of John. Memorial Rings of this quality were very
costly in their day and were usually made following the instructions of a will,
to be given to a certain person or persons in memory of the deceased and paid
for by the estate. I cannot see
more than one only being made because of the rarity of Portrait Diamonds, unless
it was a very rich family and expense was no deterrent. This Ring, as well as
being of interest to collectors, can be worn by anyone. I wore it for two days
after buying it last week and had many favorable comments, English 1870
Condition: Good Weight: 7.6g
Size:
UK: K ½
USA: 5 ½
Japan: 11
Price £ 2,200
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Item Number: LG 087
A
Cabochon Sapphire, Diamond and Platinum ring. The translucent light blue
oval star Sapphire, weighing approximately 4 ½ carats, in a rub over setting
with two similarly set baguette Diamonds on each shoulder. All four
Diamonds of good colour and clarity and a total weight of approximately half a
carat. The Star Sapphire, with an excellent six pointed star and under
electrical light the stone looks a light lilac colour. Very pretty. The
gallery is in a series of triangular cutouts with a plain shank, the inner band
stamped 'PLAT' for Platinum. I am also entering this ring into the Classic
Engagement Ring section, for the girl who wants a Platinum and gem engagement ring to
wear with her planned platinum wedding ring. English circa 1935.
Condition: Good Weight: 5.6g
Size:
UK: M ½
USA: 6 ½
Japan: 13
Price £ 3,300
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Item Number: LG 086
A
Victorian Amethyst and Diamond Ring. The
circular faceted Amethyst in a fine Yellow Gold milligrain setting with a
sixteen stone old cut Brilliant Diamond surround, all Silver set on Gold. The
reverse of the head has an attractive gallery and the split shoulders and
elegant shank are all in good condition.
Condition:
Good
Weight: 2.4g
Diameter: 12mm
Size:
UK: J
USA: 4 ¾
Japan: 8
Price £ 1,600
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Item Number: LG 085
A
rich and luscious Natural Red Spinel.
Condition: Good
Weight:
4g Dimension: 10mm x 6mm
Size:
UK:
K USA:
5 ¼
Japan:
10
Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 084
A
large and dramatic Portuguese 18th century Chrysoberyl and Gold Ring.
Condition: Good
Weight:
12.6g Dimensions:
35mm x 27mm
Size:
UK:
N
USA: 6 ¾
Japan:
14
Price £ SOLD
NB: You will find these pale lemon green Chrysoberyl referred to in the older jewellery reference books, as Chrysolites. This is a name which has been discontinued in the last 20 years or so, Sue
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Item Number:
LG 083
An amusing monkey ring, with Ruby set eyes, mainly Silver but with a Gold nappy ('diaper') set with Ruby's and Pearls. There is a French Silver mark under the tail and I am told that this monkey used to live in a Boucheron case, now lost. French, circa 1930
Condition: Good
Weight: 8.8g
Size: UK: J USA: 4 ¾ Japan 8
Price £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 009
A Gold ring in the form of a mythological water demon with old cut brilliant Diamond eyes and a Sapphire clasped in its teeth. The demons scaly arms and claws forming the shoulders of the ring. The inner shank stamped 14 with a collar stud device (makers mark) American, circa. 1900
Sizes: UK: J USA: 4 ¾ Japan: 8
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 010
An Art Deco Diamond, Onyx and White Gold ring. The two brilliant cut Diamonds, each 0.15cts in milligrain settings, mounted on a narrow Onyx plaque that is slightly rounded on both top and bottom. The inner shank stamped 18ct. English circa. 1925.
Sizes: UK: K USA: 5 ¼ Japan: 10
Condition: Good Price: £980
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Item Number:
LG 012
A wonderful cabochon Emerald and Diamond ring. The high domed cabochon a very pleasing colour (even if the photograph cannot do it justice), elegantly claw set in an unmarked Platinum mount. The Emerald is approximately 5.07 carats. There are four small Diamonds on each shoulder to a plain Platinum shank. English circa 1920,
Sizes: UK: R USA: 8 ½ Japan: 18
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 014
A green tourmaline and Rose Diamond ring, the long slightly oval green tourmaline in a Gold setting, with a surround of thirty six Rose Diamonds with a further three on each shoulder, all Platinum set. The gallery and shank in yellow Gold, the inner shank stamped '750' (18ct Gold) and makers mark. European circa 1900
Sizes: UK: J ½ USA: 5 Japan: 9
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 016
An Opal and Diamond ring, the Harlequin Opal mounted in yellow Gold, with five stone Diamond shoulders in a floral motif, all mounted in Platinum to a Platinum shank. The inner shank stamped 'M & Co' for Marcus & Co. Behind the bezel is a clasp tongue, with the hinge at the centre back of the shank. I assume that the ring was specially made for a customer with narrow fingers below the knuckle, American circa 1900
Sizes: UK: H USA: 4 Japan: 6
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 019
A three stone green Tourmaline ring, the Tourmalines set side-by-side with the largest at the centre. Unmarked Gold mount, testing as 18ct Gold. English circa 1950
Sizes: UK: N USA: 6 ¾ Japan: 13
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 020
A precious Topaz and Diamond ring. The exceptionally large (approximately 26 carat) orange/brown Topaz of rectangular cut, mounted in a simple box gallery with graduating three stone Diamond shoulders, to a narrow unmarked white Gold shank. English circa 1960
Sizes: UK: N USA: 6 ¾ Japan: 13
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 025
A stylish and attractive Edwardian marquise shaped Opal and Diamond ring. The finely coloured Opal firmly held by four pairs of double claws. On each trefoil shoulder are 3 eight cut Diamonds amongst Platinum graining. The Opal measures 22mm from top to bottom. The inner shank stamped 'PLATINUM' English circa 1900
Sizes: UK: K USA: 5 ¼ Japan: 10
Condition: Good Price: £2,300
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Item Number: LG 026
A very fine and imposing English Victorian cluster ring. Comprising a group of six half Pearls with a central Emerald and an outer surround of 6 Emeralds and eighteen small full cut Diamonds. Attractive trefoil shoulders and on the reverse of the head is a glazed locket containing silk cloth. Unmarked Gold shank testing as 18ct. Circa 1860
Sizes: UK: Q USA: 8 Japan: 17
Condition: Good Price: £3,300
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Item Number: LG 027
A Victorian English Cabochon Sapphire and Gold ring. I am told that this is a Burma Sapphire and it weighs approximately 2.5 carats. There are ten claws holding it! So I haven't as yet sent it to be weighed. The gallery has a Gothic look to it, very Pugin like, and the shoulders each form two of these ten claws. The Sapphire glows away as I write this. It looks like it has got a little blue fire inside. I do have my desk lamp on, perhaps that helps. Tim, my webmaster saw it and said he was disappointed as it was so small and didn't resemble the picture. Well, to me, this evening, things look different and I like it.
Sizes: UK: P USA: 7 ½ Japan: 16
Condition: Good Price: £1,100
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Item Number: LG 029
A rare Georgian English all Pearl memorial eternity ring. The top set with eight Oriental half pearls, at the center of which is a small Rock Crystal locket, with a surround of black Enamel. Behind the Rock Crystal 'window' is a lock of hair. The reverse of the head is inscribed 'ISABEL GARTH OBT 16 NOV 1814 OLT 58'. The shank is set all around with a further eighteen small Oriental pearls. This is a charming ring of most unusual construction. English, 1814
UK: L ½ USA: 6 Japan: 11
Condition: Good Price: £1,700
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Item Number: LG 030
A vibrant cabochon Turquoise and Diamond ring. The lovely stone contained by eight strong claws, with three 0.10 old cut Diamonds Platinum set on each shoulder, the inner shank stamped Tiffany and Co. American circa 1930
Sizes: UK: L ½ USA: 6 Japan: 11
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 032
A good colour single stone cabochon Coral ring. The long oval dark orange Coral held by four scrolling claws, with an enclosed Gold back and slender shank. Unidentified Gold mark on outer shank. Tests as 14ct Gold. European, circa 1950
Sizes: UK: I USA: 4 ¼ Japan: 7
Condition: Good Price: £520
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Item Number: LG 033
A specimen natural Black Opal, mounted as a solitaire in a split shouldered open back Gold mount and securely held by six double pronged claws. The mount unmarked and testing as 18ct Gold. Within the Opal, the predominant colours are blue, red and green in large luminous plates. The stone measures 18mm x 16mm. Circa 1930
Sizes: UK: P USA: 7 ½ Japan: 16
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 036
A plump single stone Opal ring, the long oval Opal with a very pleasing play of colour. Mounted in unmarked Yellow Gold with trefoil shoulders to a plain shank. The Opal is 19mm long and 5mm wide. The Gold tests as 18ct. English, circa 1900
UK: L ½ USA: 6 Japan: 11
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 038
A Victorian English Ruby and Diamond ring. The slightly elongated oval top set with 5 rubies of good colour, interspersed with eight small Diamonds. The shoulders with a scrolling curlesque open design. The inner shank unmarked and testing as 18ct Gold. English, circa 1875
Sizes: UK: M USA: 6 ¼ Japan: 12
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 042
An Art Deco English Amethyst and Diamond ring. The cut cornered rectangular top, set with a good colour marquise shaped Amethyst in a fine Platinum milligrain setting. At each corner of the ring top, there is set an old mine cut Diamond and at either side of the Amethyst is a design related to the Greek key pattern. Plain shoulders, inner shank stamped with makers mark and 'PLAT'. English, 1920
Sizes: UK: E USA: 2 ½ Japan: 2
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 049
A cushion shaped single stone Yellow Sapphire ring, claws set with Platinum top and shoulders, to a yellow Gold shank stamped with makers mark and '18' for 18ct Gold. Weight of the Sapphire is 5.09 carats. English circa 1900
Sizes: UK: M ½ USA: 6 ½ Japan: 13
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 062
This wonderful all Platinum ring is for the woman who has long fingers and great style. The five brilliant cut Diamonds in Platinum milligrain collets (and weighing approximately 2.50 carats) run 'up the finger', within a graceful open work scalloped border set with 31 Diamonds, also all milligrain edged. There are other delightful features to this ring, which make it quite exceptional. On each shoulder are three small graduating fancy shaped Sapphires and between each brilliant cut Diamond, there is also a fancy shaped Sapphire. A fine creation of the Belle Epoque and the kind of gift that King Edward VII would have given to Lily Langtry. The length of the top is 32mm/1¼" long. English, circa 1895
Sizes: UK: K ½ USA: 5 ½ Japan: 10
Condition: Good Price: £5,900
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Item Number: LG 064
A Cabochon Amethyst and Diamond ring. The triple line shoulders set with a total of 28 Diamonds and a further 12 Diamonds on the sides of the gallery, which is attractively pierced. All settings with milligrain edges. The inner shank marked 18ct for 18 carat Gold.
Sizes: UK: L USA: 5 ¾ Japan: 11
Condition: Good Price: £1,900
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Item Number: LG 065
Not
one but TWO owl rings! I am told that the Countess, who went to Heaven in
1998, adored owls and had dozens of owl items, from lamps, to book ends to
banister finial’s, door handles and car mascots and of course ‘owl
jewellery’. The jewellery was
commissioned from the worlds leading jewellers from ‘B’ through to ‘V’. Apparently the Countess who already had an owl ring (a) that
she wore on her right hand and had been made in Rome, decided that she needed an
owl ring for the little finger of her left hand. Hence the smaller sized owl ring (b) that the Countess had
made in Paris as a copy of ring (a). However
the jeweller in Paris decided to make his own version of the owl.
It is subtle but visible. The
feathers of (b) are all engraved right around the shoulders and shank and the
Gold work is thicker than ring (a). Each
ring is set with 51 Diamonds and cabochon-Emerald eyes. European circa 1965 (a)
and 1966 (b)
Condition: Good
Size:
UK: (a) N (b) H
USA: (a) 6 ¾ (b) 3 ¾ Japan (a) 13
(b) 6
Weight: (a) 15.6g (b) 15g
Price: (a) £3,800 (b) £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 069
An English Emerald and Diamond ring. The central three Emeralds set in a vertical line with pairs of Diamonds on either side and a further Emerald one each shoulder. The square settings all with a milligrain edge and the all precious white metal mount, stamped inside the shank, 18ct PLAT, English circa 1935
Sizes: UK: J USA: 4 ¾ Japan: 8
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number:
LG 070
A Victorian English Diamond flower cluster ring. The six petal shaped collets, each set with an old cut brilliant Diamond, arranged around a central Diamond. The attractive pierced shoulders to a finely reeded shank. The Gold unmarked and testing as 18ct. The total Diamond weight is approximately 0.84 carats. English, circa 1885.
Sizes: UK: K USA: 5 ¼ Japan: 10
Condition: Good Price: £1,800
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Item Number:
LG 071
An Edwardian Emerald and Diamond cluster ring. The slightly oval top, mounted with a surround of 11 old cut brilliant Diamonds, all in Platinum, milligrain settings. At the center is a Gem quality rectangular Emerald in a restrained Yellow Gold, claw setting, to an attractive scrolling gallery. The Yellow Gold shank unmarked and testing as 18ct Gold. English, circa 1900
Sizes: UK: J USA: 4 ¾ Japan: 15
Condition: Good Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 074
A
fine looking Star Sapphire Diamond & Platinum ring of the Art Deco
period. The lively grey/blue Sapphire weighing approximately 8 carats with
a good central six pointed star, each divided shoulder is set with 10
small round Diamonds, between which is a square Diamond of good colour and
clarity. On the reverse of the stone is what appears to be a chip. I
am assured by the lapidary that this is where stone impurity was removed at an
early stage of cutting. The shank is numbered '446' but there is no Platinum mark or
signature which may have been lost by careless sizing. English, circa 1925
Condition: As Above
UK: K USA: 5 ¼ Japan: 10
Weight: 8.9g
Price: £4,400
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Item Number: LG 077
An
attractive Edwardian Pink Zircon, Diamond and Platinum ring. The central oval
faceted Pink Zircon, weighting approximately 5cts, with a surround of twenty two
Diamonds, to a hand cut Platinum gallery and slender unmarked Platinum shank.
Zircons-: White, little value. Blue, heat treated, popular but low value.
Natural colours Leaf Green, Orange, Lilac, Pink, Red, are highly prized. This
ring, English circa 1910
Condition: Good
Weight: 4.4g
Size: UK: L USA: 5 ¾ Japan: 11
Price £ 3,000
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Item Number: LG 078
A
Victorian octagonal cut single stone Pink Topaz weighting approximately 5.5cts.
This attractive gem is set in a well made and substantial ring mount with
an excellent channeled shank stamped 18ct and the makers mark IB. English circa
1890
Condition: Good Weight: 6.5g
Sizes UK O USA 7 Japan 15
Price £ SOLD
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Item Number: LG 080
A
Victorian marquise shaped ring set with little floral clusters of Rubies
adjoined with Diamond ‘fruit’
and naturalistic engraving. The shoulders have a stylized hoop design to a plain
unmarked shank which tests as 18ct Gold. English
circa 1870
Condition: Good Weight: 3.8g
Sizes: UK: Q ½ USA: 8 ¼ Japan: 18
Price: £ 680
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Item Number: LG 081
Years
ago, I never thought much of this style of ring, called variously a Princess
ring, a Temple ring or a Pagoda ring. They are from the cultures of Thailand,
Burma, Cambodia of which I knew very little. I had never visited those
countries, I assumed that these rings were
made in the thousands and that having had two pass through my hands many years
ago I thought more would turn up. WRONG. Now I have been to Thailand several
times, to Burma and to the Cambodian border. Have I seen these rings for sale,
either in an antique shop, street market or even new copies. NO. But when you
see the tops of temples and the headdress of traditional dancers, then you
realise the inspiration of these designs and appreciate their history and the
culture of old Siam. So back to England, Mrs D has gone to heaven and in a series
of auction sales that have been held to dispose of her large ring collection, I
bought back the two Princess rings that I sold her in the early 1980’s plus
five more that she had acquired. Someone at one of these sales told me that at
certain cocktail parties Mrs D would wear four of these rings on each hand. Wow
! Well one has gone astray because I only bought seven. This particular one on
my website is stuffed full of Diamonds and other gems and is the most costly of
the group. If you wait over the next few months, I will put the others up
gradually. This ring has over two carats of Diamonds and a surround of pear
shaped gemstones that include Ruby, Emerald, Garnet, Sapphire, Moonstone,
Chrysoberyl, Zircon and Yellow Beryl. Thai/Cambodian,
circa 1930
Condition: Good. Weight: 9.8g
Sizes: UK: P 1/2 USA: 7 ¾ Japan: 16
Price: £ SOLD
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Item Number:
LG 082 
A Victorian Diamond and Sapphire ring. The single rectangular Sapphire, set obliquely in the center with paired old mine Brilliant Cut Diamonds on either side. The Gold mount is in a crossover design that is inspired by an ancient Celtic pattern, which makes it look like it is formed from two rings, one fitting onto the other. This is a scarce model. The inner shank is stamped with the makers mark 'JW' and 18c for 18 carat Gold. English circa 1870
Condition: Good
Weight: 9.3g
Size: UK: O USA: 7 Japan 15
Price £2,300
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Item Number:
LG 021
Tiffany & Co made this classic engagement ring in 1900 or there about and it was probably made to order and not 'off the shelf'. The center stone is an old mine Brilliant Cut Diamond of good colour and on either side are two demantoid Garnets of the most startling fresh bright green colour imaginable. The shoulders of the ring are engraved with leaves between milligrain edges and there is further engraving along the bottom of the gallery. The Diamond has its own individual Platinum setting. For such a simple concept as a 3 stone ring, this one stands out for sheer attention to detail and quality of craftsmanship. The inner shank signed Tiffany and Co, American circa 1900
Condition: Good
Weight: 2.2g
Size: UK: I USA: 4 ¼ Japan 7
Price £ SOLD
NB Demantoid Garnets of this quality were only found in the Ural Mountains in Russia. They are one of the worlds rarest Gemstones. This ring comes with the the Original Purple Velvet, helmet shaped ring case, the inner lid stamped 'Tiffany & Co'
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