This turn of the century single-stone diamond set solitaire ring was made in England c1900 to 1910. It is set in a fine eighteen-carat yellow gold and platinum setting and is set in the centre with an old brilliant cut diamond set in a fine clawed setting.
The diamond weight is one carat and fifty points.
It is a colour J to K and a clarity VS2.
Really nice and unusual piece of antique jewellery, an original vesta case. It was made in England c1900 and is set in a very fine nine-carat, slightly rose coloured gold.
It is an antique matchbox to kept "strike-anywhere" matches. It has room on the front where you could put the initials or coat of arms or name of someone, and on the base of it there is a striker to strike the matches.
Nowadays this piece would be worn on a lovely chain, maybe a 30-inch chain, or on a muff chain.
It is a really lovely piece in a beautiful crisp original condition.
This is the ring for someone looking for the unusual and one of a kind piece.
It was made in England C1930 and is set in a fine platinum setting with a single old brilliant-cut diamond in the centre set in an eight claw setting.
It is surrounded by six marquise cut diamonds two baguette cuts and four small old brilliant-cut diamond in an art deco geometric style setting sometimes referred to as a snowflake pattern.
Centre diamond weight One carats eighty points.
This beautiful original antique single stone diamond set solitaire ring is from Delphi Antiques in Dublin.
It was made in England C1915 and is set in a fine eighteen carats yellow gold and platinum setting with a single transitional cut diamond in the centre set in a twelve claw setting.
Diamond weight Three carats fourteen points
Colour J Clarity VS2
Superb emerald and diamond set ring made in France c1905 to 1910. It is set in the finest handmade platinum setting with a wonderful cabochon-cut Colombian emerald in the centre, set within four claws. It is surrounded by numerous rows of small old brilliant cut diamonds and the shoulders of the ring are also beautifully decorated with small diamonds.
Wonderful original antique emerald and diamond set ring made in England c1900, set in the finest eighteen-carat yellow gold setting. It is set in the centre with an Asscher-cut Colombian emerald, which is incredibly clear.
It is surrounded by a single row of ten old European-cut diamonds, and the shoulders of the ring are decorated in what is known as a split shank design.
Stunning original antique sapphire and diamond set ring was made in England c1915 to 1920.
It is set in the finest handmade platinum setting with an emerald-cut rich blue sapphire stone as a centrepiece, set within sixteen claws.
The sapphire weight is approximately two carats and fifty points.
It is surrounded by a single row of old round-cut diamonds in a wonderful rectangular-shaped setting. The shoulders of the ring are also highlighted with small diamonds.
Really unusual vintage four-stone diamond set ring made c1940.
It is set in a fine eighteen-carat yellow gold and white gold setting and it is set with four old brilliant-cut diamonds in a very fine clawed setting.
Rrings with three stones and five stones are quite common, but the four-stone versions are a bit different and a bit unusual: they are usually made for for someone that was forty years old, or for a fortieth anniversary, or for a family of four (or four children, a clan of four).