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
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