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 2.10mm Weight: 3.5g
Art Deco diamond and sapphire oblong cluster ring, c.1920, set with an old lozenge cut diamond to a calibre cut sapphire ground and outer diamond border of old brilliant cut stones, diamond line shoulders extending up to the principal diamond, millegrain set, engraved anthemoin and laurel to half shank, lozenge pierced to gallery, serial number within the shank 3632