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Green paste half hoop ring

£160.00

Victorian foiled green paste 15ct gold closed back half hoop ring

It’s a pleasure to offer for sale this super charming – and very collectable – antique stacking band. It presents a uniform row of five foil back hard glass stones of pleasing vivid green colour. Each measures around 3mm. They are brilliant cut and simulate real emeralds very well – but without the hefty price tag! Green paste of the 19th century is in itself relatively hard to find and rather sought after. (See p.97 of Georgian Jewellery, Dawes and Collings, for a wonderful look at Georgian era green paste jewellery.) The middle three stones are quite light and bright in colour, while each outer stone is a deeper moss green. This gives a nice variation and depth as we look upon the ring. The stones are all set closed back in beautiful buttery gold, and joined to a simple bifurcated band which tapers from 3.8mm at the shoulder to 2.85 at the underside. There is no date mark, merely a clear 15ct stamp, but as this composition of gold was only used from 1854 to 1932, at a guess we can date this ring from around the 1850s-60s from its style. We don’t recommened getting the ring wet as it would cause the foils to deteriorate .

Size: N 1/2 (UK) / 6.75 (US)

Hallmarked: no

Simply stamped ‘15ct’ inside band

Gross weight: 2g

Condition: resize mark; light abrasions to stones; overall good

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