Art Deco 18ct Gold & Platinum, Diamond Solitaire Ring With Step Cut Diamond Shoulders

A lovely smart and very stylish 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. ring that was made circa 1920-1930. It is 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold with a platinumDerives from the Spanish word ‘platina’ meaning ‘little silver’. Acknowledged since the 1900s, platinum’s durability and natural brightness has been and still is today highly treasured A metallic element prized for its rarity, whiteness, high tensile strength and insusceptibility to corrosion, platinum first became widely used in jewellery in the late ninete… top. The 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… is sixty five pointsA unit of weight for a diamond, being one-hundredth of a metric carat. It is used for weights that are decimal fractions of a carat, and all figures after the second decimal point are, in the diamond and jewellery trade, generally discarded. and a good clear white bright stone. The design is step cutA step cut is a style of cutting a gemstone characterised by straight sides with parallel facets. Most often, step cut stones are square or rectangular. with three small diamonds on either side. It would make a lovely engagement ring.