Description
Date: c. 1900s, Art Nouveau era
Ring size: USA 6, UK L, EU 51.5
Materials: earth-mined diamonds, natural seed pearls, enamel, 10k gold (marked and tested)
Weight: 4.8 grams
Marks:
– [N in circle] jeweler’s mark
– [10k] for solid 10k yellow gold
Dimension of ring face: 25 x 17.3 mm (length x width)
Height of ring face: 7 mm
Diameter of diamonds: four in descending size — 2.5 mm, 2 mm, 1.75 mm, 1.25 mm (approx. 0.12 ctw)
Max width of decorative shoulders: 11.4 mm
Width of shank: 2.25 – 3 mm
Thickness of shank: 1 – 1.2 mm
Condition: The beetle ring face is securely mounted to the setting and shank. However, the connecting solder does appear to be old soft solder used prior to 1940s. Nonetheless, this should not affect the stability of the ring nor its ability to be worn (it has survived over 100 years in this form after all). The light blue enamel shows light age-related surface scratches. One of the tiny seed pearls, under 60x loupe magnification, appears to be chipped (not apprent when viewed with the naked eye). The enamel has been lightly touched up at two very tiny pin-sized spots (one near the bottom of the wing, another at the red area).