alternating cushion cut rubies and old-cut diamonds, claw setting, between scrolled shoulders, mounted in gold, total ruby weight approxiamtely 1.10cts, total diamond weight approximately 0.80ct
Provenance:
From the estate of Edward Alfred Alexander Baldwin (1938 - 2021). Edward was the grandson of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, and the fourth Earl Baldwin of Bewdley. Stanley Baldwin was from an extraordinary family: Rudyard Kipling was his first cousin, Edward Burne-Jones and Edward Poynter were both uncles, his mother Louisa was a novelist, and her siblings included the famous Macdonald sisters. Edward Baldwin was committed to rehabilitating his grandfather's reputation and, being an only child, spent much of his life as sole custodian of these family objects.Width at centre 0.5cm / 3/16''
Central ruby approximately 5.10 x 4.50 x 2.10mmWeight: 3.5g
Early 20th century ruby and diamond cluster ring, French c.1915, collet set with a circular facetted Burma ruby, approximately 1.40ct, to an oval border set with two rows of graduating diamonds, cut-down set edge to border, split shoulders and shank, mounted in gold and platinum, inscribed serial number 144, French assaymark to shank and inscribed serial number 144, accompanied by GCS report no. 78144-15 giving the Burma origin opinion for the ruby and it shows no evidence of heat treatment