This is a really pretty 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold ring with a platinumDerives from the Spanish word 'platina' meaning 'little silver'. Acknowledged since the 1900s, platinum's durability and natural brightness has been and still is today highly treasured A metallic element prized for its rarity, whiteness, high tensile strength and insusceptibility to corrosion, platinum first became widely used in jewellery in the late ninete... More top that was made circa 1900-1910. It has been set with a good mid blue CeylonSri Lankan (Ceylon was the country's former name until 1972) sapphireBlue is the best-known colour for this gemstone but it can be found in all colours of the spectrum. After diamond, sapphire is the hardest gemstone.
. Around it are eight well matched small white diamonds, then there is an outer scalloped circle of smaller diamonds in a pierced work design. There is a further diamondA precious, lustrous gemstone made of highly compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to mankind. Colours of diamonds range from colourless, yellow, orange and brown to almost black. Natural coloured (or ‘fancy’) diamonds can be extremely rare. The cut, colour, clarity and carat weight of a diamond are the criteria jewellers use... More set in to each shoulder. It is delicate looking and typical of the finest EdwardianJewellery made in the Edwardian era (1901-1914). design. It would make a wonderful engagement ring.