A magical pair of unheated untreated natural Burmese ruby and unheated untreated natural diamond fairy wings earrings circa 1940.
Designed with the ethereal, the metaphysical and the magical in mind they appear as definite wings on the ears! The impression of mythology, of the faerie realm and luxurious elegance will take your breath away as it did mine today! Somehow on seeing these unique custom made Art Deco period earrings it was impossible not to smile and not to want to wear them! They strike a chord in your imagination and then even more so the intense luxury and pure quality of the rubies, the diamonds and the hand workmanship leave you in a state of love and desire for them!
The rubies are wow! Burmese vivid red pear cut eye clean unheated and untreated beauties...large for this fine gem quality at 0.40 carats each. (5.8mm x 3.5mm x 2.4mm approx) These beautiful rubies are just as mother nature made them having been faceted and polished only.
Fine quality unheated untreated rubies are rare and valuable stones and worth much more than heated or treated rubies.
The natural untreated diamonds weigh 1.30 carats and are VS clarity F/G color. These are old cut diamonds of the period giving that elegance, charm and unique sparkle of the best old cut diamonds!
The total carat weight of rubies and diamonds is 2.10 carats.
These amazing earrings are handmade in their entirety and are a one of a kind custom made genuine late Art Deco period pair!
Together the pair weigh 9.94 grams which is such a lovely weight on the ears. Testing confirms solid 18K white gold. They secure with early omega back fittings.
As the wings sit on the ears they each measure 1 3/16" wide by 11/16" tall (30mm x 18mm)
The pair are in lovely antique condition and are ready to gift or to wear.
An Appraisal Report and Gem Report is included with your purchase.
We will ship these earrings in a presentation box ready for gifting and for safe keeping.
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.
Comments:
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. This is called diffusion treatment and includes surface diffusion, bulk diffusion, lattice diffusion and deep diffusion. 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 undesirable and such treated stones are of very low value. These beautiful rubies are just as mother nature made them having been faceted and polished only.
In recent times many diamonds especially are grown in laboratories. These diamonds are diamonds but are man made. Natural diamonds are more rare and more valuable than their man made counterparts. These man made diamonds are often set without disclosure in modern and contemporary jewelry as a cheaper alternative to natural earth mined diamonds. We do not sell synthetic diamonds. The diamonds in these earrings are natural earth mined diamonds and are untreated, which is lovely indeed.
Today we rarely see this quality and sadly most "handmade" earrings are cast then polished but not handmade at all and were manufactured using CAD computer imaging design software with molds printed and cast. Stones can even be cast in place and not even set by hand! That means the stones are likely to be lost and the claws are brittle and uneven. These CAD earrings do not have the quality of handmade gold earrings and are unlikely to be able to be passed onto future generations but rather will be scrapped because of the porosity of the metal and other factors of casting using this cheap technology. These handmade earrings are quality and will stand the test of time. They are an heirloom jewel like no other.
