A unique estate luxury Art Deco ruby engagement ring.
This stunning handmade one of a kind natural ruby and fine white diamond ring dates to the 1920s.
The design is so quintessentially Deco! At once it looks like butterflies, a bouquet of pretty red flowers and a pretty bow. From the sides of course it has the stream lined jazz age elegance that is so iconically Art Deco. It's an inspired piece and fine quality.
It is a size 6 US, sizable and weighs 7.2 grams.
There are nine pear cut rubies which measure on average 4.2mm x 2.6mm 1.7mm deep and weigh 0.15 carats each on average. These stunning lively earth mined fine gem quality rubies are set as the petals of the flowers and scattered between them on the diagonal there are three single cut diamonds to give just the right amount of color contrast and sparkle. Total weight of rubies is 1.35 carats and 6 points of G color SI clarity sparkling white natural diamonds.
The total weight of earth mined natural rubies and diamonds 1.41 carats.
Inside the shank there is a 585 metal fineness stamp for solid 14K gold, this confirmed by testing.
This amazing Art Deco natural ruby anniversary or birthstone ring is in lovely condition and is ready to gift or to wear.
An appraisal shall accompany this antique ruby ring.
It shall be sent in a presentation box ready for gifting and for safe keeping.
Unfortunately, in the last two decades many rubies seen in modern jewelry and rubies set as replacements in vintage and antique jewelry have had the color induced by high temperature heating in chemicals such as beryllium. This is called diffusion treatment and includes surface diffusion, bulk diffusion, lattice diffusion and deep diffusion. There are also sapphires treated heavily with beryllium treatment to imitate rubies. In recent years rubies have been clarity enhanced by filling any fissures or cracks with molten lead glass, sometimes the glass is colored as well, with time the filler falls out or goes cloudy ruining the stone. Polymer resins can be used in a similar way. Oftentimes this clarity enhancement may appear on certificates as the note(s) “residues” or “minor residues” or perhaps “foreign substance”. Colored coatings can be applied to the back of a ruby. These treatments are unacceptable and such treated stones are of very low value. We do not sell rubies with these treatments.
The photos form part of the description. Like all colored stones there is a color variation that occurs in different lighting conditions both inside but also outside, even the time of day can make the color of a stone appear a little different. We do our best to show colors as we see them. Color perception is highly individual and some people can perceive more colors than others, also colors can appear somewhat different on different screens and devices due to variations in screen hardware and device display settings.
