A dainty trembling flower basket ring circa 1950 set with natural rubies, natural sapphires, natural emeralds and fine white diamonds.
This stunning vintage bouquet ring is entirely handmade in solid 18K yellow and white gold. It was made in Italy in the late 40s to early 50s.
The whole basket of seven flowers trembles.
A lot of care has been taken here to select beautiful natural gems perfectly matched in color for each pinkish red, green and blue flower. The diamonds are very white and have been set in illusion settings so they look much larger. The diamond settings are white gold whilst the rest of the ring is yellow gold.
In total there are 0.54 carats of round cut natural red rubies.
The sapphire weight is 0.36 carats.
In total there is 0.24 carats of pretty green emeralds.
There are 0.10 carats of VS/SI single cut diamonds G in color.
A total precious gem and diamond weight for this heirloom ring is 1.24 carats.
The flower basket measures 3/4" in diameter approximately and rises 3/8" high off the finger (19mm x 10mm).
Inside the shank it is marked 18K ITALY.
Currently is is a size 6 1/4 US.
This amazing mid century ring just puts a smile on your face. It's pretty and it's just so much fun! Quite the talking point.
It is in lovely condition. This ring is ready to gift or to wear.
A full appraisal will accompany this unique 50s ring.
It will be sent 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.
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.
Unfortunately, in the last two decades many sapphires seen in modern 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, deep diffusion and beryllium treatment. In recent years sapphires 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. Colored coatings can be applied to the back of a sapphire. These treatments are unacceptable and such treated stones are of very low value. We do not sell sapphires with these treatments.
In recent years emeralds have been clarity enhanced by filling any fissures or cracks with polymer resin, sometimes the polymer is colored as well, with time the filler falls out or goes cloudy ruining the stone. Glass can be used in a similar way. Colored coatings can be applied to the back of an emerald. These treatments are unacceptable and such treated stones are of very low value. We do not sell emeralds with these treatments.
