Victorian Diamond & Ruby 5-Stone Boat Ring man in the moon fully charged with romantic sentiment

fully charged with romantic sentiment

and using horse and motor vehicles

The opal is an exaggerated navette (boat-shaped) cabochon

tests as silver and 9k gold

Victorian Diamond & Ruby 5-Stone Boat Ring man in the moon fully charged with romantic sentimentDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A sweet antique five stone ring known in the trade as a "boat ring" or sometimes "navette ring" navette coming from the French for little boat. This ones particularly petite streamlined, set with old cut diamonds and rubies in elongated, scalloped prongs forming open spaces on the gallery to allow light in behind them. It's modelled in 18 karat gold with deeply carved scrolled shoulders and dates from the 1880s. STONES Old