cut-down collet set with a rectangular cut sapphire, outer square border of small old brilliant cut diamonds, on a four-strand wire shank with tapering and looped shoulders, close set in silver and gold.
Provenance:
By family tradition, given by HRH The Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, daughter of George III (1776-1857), to her lady-in-waiting, Lady Georgina Bathurst (1792-1874) and by descent.Width 1.4cm / 9/16''Weight: 5g
Antique emerald and diamond three stone ring, c.1900, centred by a principal 2.33ct octagonal step cut Colombian emerald, flanked by cushion cut diamonds, rose cut diamond points between, to an openwork looped scroll gallery and reeded shoulders, mounted in 18ct gold, accompanied by GPL report no. 21811 giving the Colombian origin opinion for the emerald and that the stone shows minor clarity enhancement, the cushion cut diamonds approximately 0.80cts in all