$ 21,000.00
A Shauna’s Secret Stash piece! These are the rings that rarely make it to our shop, having instead spent years protected in a safe or on Shauna’s hand. She returns to them again and again in her ever-evolving rotation of fabulous favorites. Only a few emerge each year (some seasons none at all) and may God help me if I attempt to list one without Shauna’s explicit go-ahead.
This one has resisted my best efforts to post in our shop for far longer than I care to admit. A late Victorian bypass toi et moi, it is a piece she holds especially close: two old European cut diamonds poised like lovers in embrace, with their broad facets catching the light with that unmistakable, candle-like glow unique to antique stones. Yet the gold of the crossing shoulders and multi-prong baskets lends warmth and stability to the bright and flickering diamonds, creating a graceful interplay of dynamism, tension, and resolution. Shauna has enjoyed this ring for years. Though we list it with reluctance, we list it with love.
Period: c. 1890s to early 1900s, late/post-Victoria multi-prong toi et moi design with a knife-edge shank that transitions to a softer dome below the finger
Materials: approx.15K gold; has a warm “antique gold” hue
Stamps: the piece is stamped “15” (for 15K gold)
Dimensions: when measured with the band perpendicular to the finger and the stones at a diagonal, the piece measures approx. 13.0 mm north to south; the diagonal of the stones (from the far end of one stone to the far end of the other) measures approx. 17.0 mm; the ring stands 4.8 mm tall above the finger
Diamonds: 2.88 ctw.; purchase includes two GIA reports, one for each stone
Stone one (toi?): GIA-assessed 1.40 carat Old European Cut diamond with L color and VS2 clarity
Stone two (moi? You may as well designate the bigger stone for yourself.): GIA-assessed 1.48 carat Old European Cut diamond with L color and VS1 clarity
Item Q4379
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