Late Victorian Sapphire & Diamond Cluster Ring rose quartz This cool antique French ring

This cool antique French ring is set with a central tourmaline

An incredibly intricate design that's obviously been treasured over the last 200+ years to survive in such good condition

They were made at a time when paste was a relatively new technology (its basically a form of leaded glass with different additives to display colour)

and a date inscription to the back: 22nd April 1897

Late Victorian Sapphire & Diamond Cluster Ring rose quartz This cool antique French ringDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 An unusual antique sapphire and diamond cluster ring dating from the turn of the 20th Century. It's set with principal blue sapphire, flanked on either side by two old cut diamonds in squared settings the stones resting together in a particularly tight cluster arrangement. Modelled in 15 karat yellow gold. STONES Natural Blue Sapphire Old Mine Cut Diamonds total carat weight around 28pts MEASUREMENTS Head: 10. 2 x 6. 1mm