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A mid 18th Century emerald and diamond ring
$ 6,200.00
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Designed as a stylised flying insect, the body set with emeralds, the wings set with rose-cut diamonds, mounted in closed-back silver settings, embellished with gold legs and antennae, to a...
Designed as a stylised flying insect, the body set with emeralds, the wings set with rose-cut diamonds, mounted in closed-back silver settings, embellished with gold legs and antennae, to a yellow gold shank with banded accents to the shoulders, mid 18th Century, ring size 50.5. Weight: 1.49 grams
Note:
In 1762, French jeweller Jean Henri Pouget published a comprehensive and fascinating treaty on precious stones. In the plates to the end he included a series of proposed designs for the mounting of the stones he had so eruditely discussed. These drawings provide a useful insight into jewellery design in the mid 18th Century in Paris. In his tome he details many designs around the theme of floral and foliate arrangements but also varied insects. The cut of the stones and the mounting of this ring are in a manner seen from the end of the 17th Century.
Note:
In 1762, French jeweller Jean Henri Pouget published a comprehensive and fascinating treaty on precious stones. In the plates to the end he included a series of proposed designs for the mounting of the stones he had so eruditely discussed. These drawings provide a useful insight into jewellery design in the mid 18th Century in Paris. In his tome he details many designs around the theme of floral and foliate arrangements but also varied insects. The cut of the stones and the mounting of this ring are in a manner seen from the end of the 17th Century.
