Valued at R36,500. Includes an independent valuation certificate (see photo attached) from The Gem Lab, Cape Town.
Vintage diamond ring in 15ct gold with platinum on the top of the crown, set with 25 Old European Cut diamonds in a pierced crown with fine milgrain detail, circa 1930's. Three diamonds are set in the middle in a collet setting, the middle diamond being 2.3mm in diameter. Weight: 4.35g. Size: L-M.
NOTES: This ring is a good example of the Edwardian style, going over into the Art Deco period in the 1920's. Edwardian rings were worn stacked, or as a single large piece – elongated, pierced and paved with diamonds. Edwardian jewellery design was light, airy, elegant, and intricate. It often featured exquisite filigree in lacy patterns. Towards the end of the Victorian era jewellery went from large and grand to ethereal and delicate almost overnight. The designs of the Edwardian Era were mostly inspired by eighteenth-century French jewelry. Cartier encouraged his designers to walk through the streets of Paris and take inspiration from seventeenth and eighteenth-century architecture.