with two snakes forming a crossover style at the heads and with a two row shank, one formed by a snake in platinum with an old pear cut diamond to the head and ruby eyes, the other by a snake in gold with cushion cut ruby to the head and diamond eyes, the bodies looping around and tapering to the tail wrapping at the shoulders, textured scale style finish to the half hoop, the diamond approximately 0.45ct, the ruby approximately 0.65ct Head 17.2 x 14.1 x 6.1mm deep
Pear diamond approximately 5.8 x 4.4 x 3.1mm
Cushion ruby approximately 5.1 x 4.5 x 3.0mm Weight: 21g
Late 19th century five stone ruby ring, c.1890, the graduated cushion cut Burma rubies, approximately 4.10cts, with eight rose cut diamond points in between, to a pierced and scroll engraved gallery, fluted shoulders, mounted in 18ct gold, stamped '18CT', accompanied by GCS report no. 5776-4880 giving a Burma origin opinion for the rubies and that they show no evidence of heat treatment