BaileyC
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2015
- Messages
- 91
Hi again all! This is ring number two that arrived today. The other is posted for your feedback and thoughts here while I’m in my return period and still deciding whether or not to keep it: https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/need-help-with-opal.214447/
This ring (purchased from Lang Antiques) is so unusual to me that there's no deciding on this one - it’s a definite keeper! It’s a 10ct carved quartz sugarloaf-like stone, and it’s from the Art Deco period circa 1930 or so. The stone also kind of looks like a bullet! It has light frosted leafy-like etchings on each side of the pyramid, and the setting itself is in 18k gold with fantastic floral work around the gallery and shoulders. The embossment carries around the shank until it hits the small solid gold piece at the base where it was sized slightly up for me.
What I find so cool about this ring is that it’s both simple, and intricate at the same time. And it’s a contradiction in elegance and boldness, too! It’s got such personality that sings so very loudly to me - and I couldn’t resist breaking the ban to get this little beauty.
I’ve never seen a rock crystal ring quite like this before, and I was so excited to receive it today as it’s the first I’ve gotten of it’s kind. I had to rush here and post about it! I may never take this ring off!
Have you ever seen anything like it, or have I been living under a rock?
The vendor's picture shows the stone shape and etchings best:
Obligatory on hand shot:
Here it is out in the wild!
This ring (purchased from Lang Antiques) is so unusual to me that there's no deciding on this one - it’s a definite keeper! It’s a 10ct carved quartz sugarloaf-like stone, and it’s from the Art Deco period circa 1930 or so. The stone also kind of looks like a bullet! It has light frosted leafy-like etchings on each side of the pyramid, and the setting itself is in 18k gold with fantastic floral work around the gallery and shoulders. The embossment carries around the shank until it hits the small solid gold piece at the base where it was sized slightly up for me.
What I find so cool about this ring is that it’s both simple, and intricate at the same time. And it’s a contradiction in elegance and boldness, too! It’s got such personality that sings so very loudly to me - and I couldn’t resist breaking the ban to get this little beauty.
I’ve never seen a rock crystal ring quite like this before, and I was so excited to receive it today as it’s the first I’ve gotten of it’s kind. I had to rush here and post about it! I may never take this ring off!
Have you ever seen anything like it, or have I been living under a rock?
The vendor's picture shows the stone shape and etchings best:
Obligatory on hand shot:
Here it is out in the wild!
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