Edwardian 18ct Gold & Platinum Three Leaf Clover Ring Set With Diamonds

This is a very pretty ring designed as a trefoilA decorative ornament composed of three parts or leaves. or a three leaf clover. The three heart shaped leaves of a shamrock are said to stand for faith, hope and love. It was made in the early 1900s and is in the Art nouveauA movement within the arts, particularly jewellery, evolving out of a response to mass production and the industrial revolution (1890-1915). Jewellery of this period was heavily influenced by nature and femininity, with its sweeping lines and organic motifs. style that was popular at the time. It has been set with three well matched white diamonds in the clover and further small diamonds in the stem. The shankThe circle of metal that attaches to the decorative part of a ring and encircles the finger. is 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold and the top is 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….