A one of a kind custom fully traditionally handmade unheated untreated Ceylon blue natural sapphire and unheated untreated natural diamond 14K gold ring, circa 1970, 1.25 carats total sapphire and diamond weight.
This substantial ring measures just over 1" in length by 9/16" wide and rises 1/2" off the finger (26mm x 15mm x 12mm). It makes a big luxurious splash on the hand!
This ring is genuine one of a kind custom made ring and it is totally iconic of the best luxury jewelry design sentiments of the later part of the mid century period. A sculptural tiered and staggered design of hand textured gold rectangles cascades along the finger almost architecturally.
There are two rectangles on the diagonal are set with round faceted unheated untreated natural white diamonds. These diamond accents are arranged in rectangles following the inside lines of the hand made solid gold rectangles. Set at a corner of each of three of the remaining four rectangles there are spectacular unheated untreated natural Ceylon blue sapphires!
The high polish and hand textured yellow gold is overwhelmingly beautiful with the fine gem sapphires and white diamonds! This ring looks beautiful and feels so lovely on! What drama, what color pop and what a luxurious large gold ring this is!
There are 0.95 carats of fine gem quality unheated untreated Ceylon blue natural sapphires (0.35 carat, 0.35 carat, 0.25 carat respectively)
There are 0.30 carats VS clarity F/G/H color round faceted unheated untreated natural white diamonds.
The total carat weight of the sapphires and diamonds here is 1.25 carats.
Inside the shank there is a 14K fineness stamp meaning solid 14 karat gold. This confirmed by testing. It weighs 10.34 grams.
Currently a size 6 1/4 US (M Australian/UK), it can be resized within a range.
This ring is a one of a kind wearable sculpture! It is just so very stylish, so iconic, so unique, so creative and it is very very sexy. T
here is a great unisex appeal with the cutting edge modernist design and the geometry of this ring.
Sapphires and diamonds are very durable gems this ring would make an ideal cocktail ring, an ideal statement ring, a dazzling anniversary ring the most unique engagement ring ever, a milestone birthday to be remembered? The one of a kind nature of this ring and the the unheated untreated Ceylon blue sapphires make this ring the perfect choice for a family heirloom.
It is in lovely vintage condition and is ready to gift or to wear.
An Appraisal Report and Gem Report is included with your purchase
We will ship in a presentation box for safe keeping and ready for gifting.
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:
Today we rarely see this quality and sadly most "handmade" rings 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 rings do not have the quality of handmade gold rings 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. This handmade ring is quality and will stand the test of time. It is an heirloom jewel like no other.
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. The diamonds in this ring are natural earth mined diamonds and are untreated.
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. The three Ceylon blue sapphires in this ring are unheated and untreated, they are just as mother nature made them having been faceted and polished only. This fact makes this ring a perfect choice for a special sapphire celebration.
