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Find Out MoreGeorgian Hessanite Garnet & Diamond Ring
№ 879G
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A neat and pretty gold and silverA metallic element which is malleable and ductile, and white in colour, making it ideal for use in jewellery. It is usually mixed with copper to improve its hardness.
More GeorgianJewellery made in the Georgian era (1714-1830). More ring that was made circa 1780-1800. It is set with six old mine cutAn 18th, 19th and early 20th century diamond shape, typically cushion or asymmetrical, marked by a small table, a high crown and a large culet. Culets are the small flat facets at the bottom of a stone which appear to the untrained eye as a hole in the middle of the stone. Before the advent of modern machinery which allows for the precise faceting we see tod... More diamonds and a rectangular hessanite garnetDescribes a group of several closely related minerals. Garnets come in a variety of colours, however the most common colour is dark red. In descriptions, ‘garnet’ tends to refer to dark red stones unless otherwise specified. More which has been foil backedA thin metal foil placed behind a gemstone within a closed-back setting to improve its optical performance. Metallic foil improves the reflectivity of certain gemstones, whilst coloured foils act as colouring agents when placed behind colourless materials, such as paste and rock crystal. These stones were typically set in silver closed backs to shield the fo... More to give it more luminosity. This was a common practice in the Georgian period. The diamonds are set in a silver setting and the shankThe circle of metal that attaches to the decorative part of a ring and encircles the finger. More is 15ct62.5% pure gold (or 625 parts pure gold and 375 parts other metals). Popular during the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras but was discontinued in the mid-1930s. More gold.
Love this ring, I have never had a hessanite garnet one before.
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Item Number:
№ 879G
Measurements:
Diamonds approx total weight 40 points
Hessanite garnet 50 points
Hessanite garnet 50 points
Place of Origin:
England
Discovered:
10 years ago
Hallmarks
Unmarked, 15ct gold and silver
Many pieces of antique jewellery were unmarked because hallmark regulations were not obligatory until 1972.
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