Antique Victorian Ruby Diamond Ring 18k Gold Birmingham 1903 french art nouveau and beauty were inseparable

and beauty were inseparable

Its raised dome shape gives it presence

and I usually pass on the bottom few

and a reverence for form that borders on sculpture

9 grams and has several old marks that are no longer legible

Antique Victorian Ruby Diamond Ring 18k Gold Birmingham 1903 french art nouveau and beauty were inseparableSome rings seem to carry a little movement within them, as though the gold itself had been gently coaxed into life. This one curves and curls in graceful scrolls, wrapping around a line of glowing rubies like a ribbon caught mid twirl. The stones burn with that unmistakable raspberry red so beloved in late Victorian and early Edwardian jewelry, while tiny diamonds sparkle softly between them like scattered points of light. It is a ring full of charm