Here we have an luxurious pair of one of a kind vivid natural unheated untreated emerald cut ruby and sparkly natural untreated diamond earrings circa 1950.
This completely handmade pair of earrings is truly silver screen worthy. These are statement sized earrings measuring 15/16" in diameter. The exceptional quality unheated intense red rubies are just to die for. It is exceptionally rare to ever obtain emerald cut natural rubies as so much of the ruby crystal is wasted to cut this shape. The emerald cuts of the investment grade no heat rubies increases their price by over 25% per carat- it is just such a rare cut for this the most precious of gems.
The design is absolutely iconic of statement jewelry from the early part of the mid century era with the larger than life asymmetric floral design. Every part of these earrings is handmade - there are no cast or machined elements to be seen here. Each petal textured and made by hand...every diamond set by hand...all the elements assembled carefully and even hand made earring fittings! These are of the finest quality and workmanship.
In total these astonishing earrings weigh approximately 20.4 grams.
The emerald cut bright sparkly red rubies measure respectively 5.01mm x 3.95mm x 3.62mm and 5.03mm x 3.80mm x 2.40mm. They weigh 0.85 carats and 0.56 carats respectively with the weight difference being due to a difference in depth of these precious gems. The dimensions of the rubies face up are a beautiful match for both color and the finest gem quality.
In total there are 46 1.5mm VS clarity G color single cut diamonds set in white gold into intersperced flower petals.
The total ruby weight is 1.41 carats.
There is 0.69 carats of beautiful white earth mined diamonds in this pair of gold flower earrings.
Here we have a total ruby and diamond weight of 2.10 carats.
The earring fittings are clip fixtures which can readily be converted to pierced omega style fittings if desired. The cost for this shall be covered if pierced fittings are a preference to you.
On the inside of the earring fittings there is a 14K metal fineness mark which is engraved. Professional testing confirms the same.
I can't help but look at these and see the whole sexy outfit that goes with them including the hourglass fitting red wiggle dress! These earrings are seriously sexy.....and will get noticed all the time.
They are in beautiful condition and are ready to gift or to wear.
An appraisal shall accompany these ruby flower earrings.
We shall ship in a presentation box for safe keeping.
Fine quality unheated untreated rubies are rare and valuable stones and worth much more than heated or treated rubies. Glass filled or beryllium treated or diffused rubies are of very low quality and value.
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.
The photos form part of the description of these luxury earrings. 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.
