18ct White Gold French Cut Diamond Ring With Baguette Diamond Shoulders

A really pretty 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) white and yellow gold ring set with a bright white French cut diamondA precious, lustrous gemstone made of highly compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to mankind. Colours of diamonds range from colourless, yellow, orange and brown to almost black. Natural coloured (or ‘fancy’) diamonds can be extremely rare. The cut, colour, clarity and carat weight of a diamond are the criteria jewellers use…. On either side is a tapered baguetteFrench for “rod.” A type of rectangular step-cut comprising fourteen parallel, narrow facets running the length of the stone. Popular in mid-century eternity bands. diamond. The French cut diamond is believed to be one of the oldest diamond cuts and to have appeared around the early 1400’s. However the French cut diamond was “new” to the Art DecoA movement within the arts between the two Great Wars (1920-1935) across Europe and the US, characterized by its clean, geometric designs. The aesthetic was intended to celebrate an age of progress and the modernity of the machine. period, and so named because it was developed in Paris which was one of the foremost gem cutting centres of the time. This ring would be ideal as an engagement ring.