French Platinum & 18ct Gold Signet Ring

A wonderful French 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold and 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… signet ringA ring with a central plaque on which one’s initials, a seal, or a crest is engraved.. The shankThe circle of metal that attaches to the decorative part of a ring and encircles the finger. is 18ct gold and the crest is platinum. It was made circa 1900-1920.