1980s 3.80ct Step Cut Ceylon Sapphire Solitaire Ring Size:5.75 Crafted in 15 karat gold

Crafted in 15 karat gold and dating from the 1870s

With clear London hallmarks for 18k gold

An exceptional carved jade brooch dating from the Art Deco period

owned nightclubs in Manhattan in the 1970s and '80s

1980s 3.80ct Step Cut Ceylon Sapphire Solitaire Ring Size:5.75 Crafted in 15 karat goldDATE: Modernist, c. 1980 A spectacular natural Ceylon sapphire is the centrepiece of this angular, modernist single stone ring. At 3. 80 carats, the stone is natural with no indications of heat treatment mined in Sri Lanka (that's the technical bit), and quite simply it's breathtaking: superb pale cornflower blue colour, great glass like transparency, and the rectangular step cut with truncated corners that really accentuates the beauty for these