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Last week, I found an Edwardian ring with the most unusual square cut center that I have ever seen. It has the make of a carre cut, but the crown faceting of a wonky French cut.
I posted a pic of the stone on RT. No one knew what to call the cut-but there was one consensus -that the faceting was kind of ugly. I bought the ring anyways.
Here’s a close up of the center stone.
It reminds of this artwork by Escher:
Of course, once I had the ring in hand, I knew that I had to keep her. The filigree on this ring is just exquisite. She’s like a little work of art. The ring is conservatively estimated to be 1.60 ctw. And bonus-the center stones are all colorless old cuts!
My romantic theory is that the center square cut was an old family stone that was used to make this “new” ring with the two OECs. I will never know the true history of this ring, but I am grateful to be her current caretaker…
Her gallery...
A close up. This OEC is the older one with more of pinwheel center.
My Edwardian girls.
p.s.
I haven't named her yet. Is she too small to name? What is the naming protocol? If I could name her, I think her name would be Seraphina.
p.p.s
Yes, I am back on Ban Island again. Let's just call her an early birthday present. Although, my mom loves her, too, so we may share custody.
I posted a pic of the stone on RT. No one knew what to call the cut-but there was one consensus -that the faceting was kind of ugly. I bought the ring anyways.
Here’s a close up of the center stone.
It reminds of this artwork by Escher:
Of course, once I had the ring in hand, I knew that I had to keep her. The filigree on this ring is just exquisite. She’s like a little work of art. The ring is conservatively estimated to be 1.60 ctw. And bonus-the center stones are all colorless old cuts!
My romantic theory is that the center square cut was an old family stone that was used to make this “new” ring with the two OECs. I will never know the true history of this ring, but I am grateful to be her current caretaker…
Her gallery...
A close up. This OEC is the older one with more of pinwheel center.
My Edwardian girls.
p.s.
I haven't named her yet. Is she too small to name? What is the naming protocol? If I could name her, I think her name would be Seraphina.
p.p.s
Yes, I am back on Ban Island again. Let's just call her an early birthday present. Although, my mom loves her, too, so we may share custody.
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