Edwardian 18ct Gold, Platinum &Diamond Target Ring

This is a truly beautiful ring in lovely condition. It was made circa 1900-1910 and has been set with lovely bright white and well matched diamonds. The centre stone is 40 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. with a total weight of 1.40 caratsThe unit of weight for a diamond or other gemstone and also for a pearl. Abbreviated ‘ct’, 1 carat is equal to 0.2 grams. In reference to gold, a unit of purity or fineness of gold and gold alloy, expressed as a number out of 24 parts by weight, e.g. ’24 carat’ signifies pure gold, ’18 carat’ 18/24th gold in the alloy, et cetera.  Also abbreviated as ‘c…. The 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… has been millgrained which means that the edges have been worked using a knurling tool to create small round grains, hence the French word “millgrain” which means a “thousand grains”. It is an impressive look, and would be ideal as an engagement ring.