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Brilliant_Rock
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This ring was not really planned ahead and started out as a bit of an impulse purchase.
I am certain that I am not the only PSer that has different folders on their phone with saved pictures of various jewelry pieces (please tell me I’m not the only one lol). I have many pictures and quite a number of sub folders in my phone.
This particular inspo ring is an antique Edwardian ring circa 1910 named Lucy that Victor Barbone had sold some years back. I know of 2 GORGEOUS repros of this very ring both designed by Caysie of CVB ID that were commissioned by PSers (@RetroQT and @HS4S_2 ). There are probably more out there in the world including a couple of recent repros by VB themselves. I think she has a big fan base due to her sweet nature and feminine beauty.
Here is the original Lucy: estimated 2.32 ct M-N antique pear center with 24 additional melee diamonds in her setting.
Lucy was merely one of the MANY inspirational and someday maybe pieces in my “ring inspo” folder under “pear” and had been living there for a while already.
One night in April, after putting my kids to bed, I was perusing IG as I tend to do, just minding my own business with no intentions of purchasing another stone or starting another project anytime soon since I was already up to my neck in projects. Then I came across Sin City Find’s post for some loose diamonds. One of those diamonds was a chubby pear. Diana’s stuff usually sells within minutes so I scrolled down expecting all the stones to have been sold but they weren’t. The prices for most of them weren’t her usual crazy deals and closer to retail so that’s probably why they were all still available lol. Lucy flashed through my head and I thought that this pear would make a lovely smaller version of Lucy. I tried to put it out of my mind and told myself that if it still had not sold by the next day, I will take it as a sign and reach out. Well, the next day the other 2 smaller pears had sold but the chubby pear was still listed as available.
I looked through my “pear” folder and browsed through some of the saved inspo pictures including Lucy. The more pics I saw of Lucy, the more I was drawn to her so I made up my mind and DMed Diana.
A few days later, the pear arrived and it was very cute. I fell in love with the chubby belly, the culet (ideally I would have wanted a bigger culet) and the rounded point. It is 1.78ct GIA J VS2 and the face up size is relatively on the small side at 9.04mm x 6.95mm.
I am certain that I am not the only PSer that has different folders on their phone with saved pictures of various jewelry pieces (please tell me I’m not the only one lol). I have many pictures and quite a number of sub folders in my phone.
This particular inspo ring is an antique Edwardian ring circa 1910 named Lucy that Victor Barbone had sold some years back. I know of 2 GORGEOUS repros of this very ring both designed by Caysie of CVB ID that were commissioned by PSers (@RetroQT and @HS4S_2 ). There are probably more out there in the world including a couple of recent repros by VB themselves. I think she has a big fan base due to her sweet nature and feminine beauty.
Here is the original Lucy: estimated 2.32 ct M-N antique pear center with 24 additional melee diamonds in her setting.
Lucy was merely one of the MANY inspirational and someday maybe pieces in my “ring inspo” folder under “pear” and had been living there for a while already.
One night in April, after putting my kids to bed, I was perusing IG as I tend to do, just minding my own business with no intentions of purchasing another stone or starting another project anytime soon since I was already up to my neck in projects. Then I came across Sin City Find’s post for some loose diamonds. One of those diamonds was a chubby pear. Diana’s stuff usually sells within minutes so I scrolled down expecting all the stones to have been sold but they weren’t. The prices for most of them weren’t her usual crazy deals and closer to retail so that’s probably why they were all still available lol. Lucy flashed through my head and I thought that this pear would make a lovely smaller version of Lucy. I tried to put it out of my mind and told myself that if it still had not sold by the next day, I will take it as a sign and reach out. Well, the next day the other 2 smaller pears had sold but the chubby pear was still listed as available.
I looked through my “pear” folder and browsed through some of the saved inspo pictures including Lucy. The more pics I saw of Lucy, the more I was drawn to her so I made up my mind and DMed Diana.
A few days later, the pear arrived and it was very cute. I fell in love with the chubby belly, the culet (ideally I would have wanted a bigger culet) and the rounded point. It is 1.78ct GIA J VS2 and the face up size is relatively on the small side at 9.04mm x 6.95mm.
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