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Garnet and seed pearl conversion ring

£270.00 £220.00

Georgian flat cut garnet and seed pearl lace pin conversion ring

This special, one of a kind piece has been made from the sweetest original 15ct gold lace pin of circa 1800. It is set with three foiled, flat cut garnets all tipped with tiny natural seed pearls in a fascinating historical style. Charmingly the seed pearls vary in colour, being more ivory in tone to one end and more of a warm, light champagne hue to the other. One has a very sweet little ‘beauty mark’ to its centre – this, we believe, occurred naturally in the pearl and has been set in the piece for interest. The garnets do show a bit of age-related wear in their foils, but this is just a delightful piece all round. The former brooch has been beautifully smoothed to the reverse and precision set to an unmarked 9ct gold band of 2.7mm width. The top of the ring measures around 18.7 x 11.9mm, and sits with a flat, low profile on the hand.

Size: L (UK) / 5.5 (US)

Unmarked

Gross weight: 2g

Care advice: do not submerge ring in water as this will degrade the foils

Condition: some light wear to pearls, including a small chip to one; overall good – please see photos

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