Vintage Emerald Cocktail Ring

Vintage Emerald Cocktail RingAn exquisite vintage cocktail ring built around a 6. 67 carat natural emerald with stepped rows of icy white diamonds dropping down to the band at each shoulder; geometric lines and forms reminiscent of Art Deco design. Indeed, there was an 'Art Deco Revival' of sorts during the latter half of the 1960s for those born during the blitzes of the 1940s, the Art Deco glamour and opulence of 1920s and '30s, as experienced by their parents and grandparents,

Single-Cut Diamonds

Head size: 20

With French control marks to the outer band

Size: 22mm by 18mm (not including the jump ring)

hanging from a pearl chain with further black and white enamelling to the bail and a pearl drop beneath

built in 14 carat yellow and white gold

15 carat gold curb links are affixed to a gold frame

Stones: Old & Rose Cut Diamonds

Small areas of surface loss to the enamel consistent with age

It's an excellent example of the style

erotic pleasure and pain

A heavenly antique chequerboard ring dating from the Victorian period