Delicate Ring with a 0.90 ct "Old European Cut" Diamond in Platinum

As antique jewelry dealers, our love for antique objects leads us to occasionally purchase unmounted gemstones as well. After all, every historic diamond is a one-of-a-kind piece with its own unique character. However, the search for beautiful settings for our historic diamonds proved more difficult than we had anticipated. Modern mass-produced settings, such as those available in stores, are often soulless, machine-made products lacking any sense of form and proportion. Yet beautiful, hand-forged, antique settings rarely come to us without matching diamonds. So we commissioned our goldsmith to craft a ring setting based on our design, which we then had cast using traditional techniques. We had this ring crafted from fine platinum and set an antique old European cut diamond in it—a historically significant diamond dating from around 1890. The 0.90-carat diamond has a slightly warm sparkle (J) and features a central inclusion beneath the table as well as a small fan-shaped inclusion near the girdle (P1). Despite these unique, natural characteristics, the stone possesses good brilliance. Two smaller diamonds set in delicate milgrains enliven the ring’s shoulders and lend the piece a light elegance that beautifully showcases the large brilliant-cut diamond. At the same time, the piece of jewellery sparkles with every ray of light that hits its finely crafted surfaces. Thanks to its high-quality materials and flat design, the ring is also suitable for everyday wear. An ideal ring for what is arguably the most decisive question in life—and that is, after all, always a matter of the heart!

Estimate:£2,160.91

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