Antique five stone diamond row ring

Name: Antique five stone diamond row ring
Brand: AUric Vintage
SKU: AB26-001
Price: 1600.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

€1.600,00

Five cushion shape Old Mine cut diamonds sit in a graduating row, each one framed by a fine millegrain platinum border, the kind of delicate beaded edge that only ever appears on work of real quality. Old Mine cut is a mark of age in itself, hand cut in a candlelit era before precision faceting existed, giving each stone a softer, warmer flash than anything cut today. The design sits slightly raised, with a pierced, linear openwork gallery running beneath the stones, letting light move through the setting as much as across it. Slightly raised shoulders taper inward on either side before smoothing away to the reverse. The inner is marked '18CT PLAT'.

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Looking through the LOUPE

MATERIALS

Diamond, platinum and gold

AGE

c.1915

SIZE

UK: L / US: 5.75

WEIGHT

2.35 g

MARKS

Marked 18CT PLAT

1901 - 1920

Edwardian

Oh I just can’t wait to be King.

From a young age, Edward VII lived under the weight of his parents’ expectations. A strict regimen of intellectual study, piety, and morality was imposed upon him, while a reluctant Edward desired nothing more than the pleasures his position seemed to promise.

As his mother’s extraordinarily long reign wore on, it became clear that Edward’s rule would be anything but austere. When he was finally crowned in 1902, at the age of 61, it was with one of the most lavish coronations the British monarchy had ever seen. The once rarely seen diamond had become so readily available from the South African Kimberley mines that it was considered almost improper to be without one.

Tiaras, bracelets, chokers, rings, stomachers, and brooches were encrusted with diamonds. New platinum settings allowed delicate, lace-like designs to be crafted in strong, enduring metal, while colour returned to fashion after years of somber mourning. Though short-lived, Edward brought the party to his nine-year reign.