Georgian 15ct Gold OldMine Cut Triple Diamond Cluster Ring

A showy and unusual late GeorgianJewellery made in the Georgian era (1714-1830). ring with a silverA metallic element which is malleable and ductile, and white in colour, making it ideal for use in jewellery. It is usually mixed with copper to improve its hardness.
top set with three old mine cutAn 18th, 19th and early 20th century diamond shape, typically cushion or asymmetrical, marked by a small table, a high crown and a large culet. Culets are the small flat facets at the bottom of a stone which appear to the untrained eye as a hole in the middle of the stone. Before the advent of modern machinery which allows for the precise faceting we see tod… diamonds with the largest in the middle. Around the larger diamonds are sixteen small old mine cut diamonds. The shankThe circle of metal that attaches to the decorative part of a ring and encircles the finger. is 15ct62.5% pure gold (or 625 parts pure gold and 375 parts other metals). Popular during the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras but was discontinued in the mid-1930s. gold. It has a really good look about it with the slightly dull colour of the silver that sets off the stones very well especially when worn in candle lit settings which was the original intention.