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Rough_Rock
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Hello all,
A couple months ago my mother gifted me an heirloom ring that was my great-grandmother's. I'm told it's a center sapphire, and the cluster/halo is diamonds (all original except for a couple which my mom had replaced in the 90s). My mother doesn't remember much about the ring except that my GGM wore it nearly every day. When my mom had the missing diamonds replaced, she was told by the jeweler that the stones were genuine, the shank and inner prongs are yellow gold (although can't recall if 14k or 18k, and stamps have been worn off for many years), and the outer prongs are platinum.
I'm going to being having some repair/resizing work done on the ring this year in order to get it in a safely wearable condition again, but I was hoping those of you with more knowledge of jewelry history could tell me more about it! I'm curious about what era you think it might be.
My GGM was alive from 1885-1961. My aunt believes that GGM definitely had the ring pre-WWII but doesn't know what year it was gifted to her. I don't know if the diamonds are "RB" or "OEC" - my eyes aren't trained enough to know the difference.
A couple months ago my mother gifted me an heirloom ring that was my great-grandmother's. I'm told it's a center sapphire, and the cluster/halo is diamonds (all original except for a couple which my mom had replaced in the 90s). My mother doesn't remember much about the ring except that my GGM wore it nearly every day. When my mom had the missing diamonds replaced, she was told by the jeweler that the stones were genuine, the shank and inner prongs are yellow gold (although can't recall if 14k or 18k, and stamps have been worn off for many years), and the outer prongs are platinum.
I'm going to being having some repair/resizing work done on the ring this year in order to get it in a safely wearable condition again, but I was hoping those of you with more knowledge of jewelry history could tell me more about it! I'm curious about what era you think it might be.
My GGM was alive from 1885-1961. My aunt believes that GGM definitely had the ring pre-WWII but doesn't know what year it was gifted to her. I don't know if the diamonds are "RB" or "OEC" - my eyes aren't trained enough to know the difference.
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