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
Mid-20th century five stone ruby ring, c.1940, with graduated oval cut Burma rubies, approximately 1.55cts in all, claw set in gold, accompanied by SSEF report no. 119629 giving the Burma origin opinon and that the stones show no evidence of heat treatment