Georgian Black-Dot Paste Flower Ring Size:7.25 This example is finely worked

This example is finely worked

So this is one of the coolest things you'll see today

A gorgeous Victorian pool-of-light locket dating from the 1880s

London import 2016

Georgian Black-Dot Paste Flower Ring Size:7.25 This example is finely workedDATE: Georgian, c. 1800 An attractive Georgian flower cluster ring set with an array of "black dot" paste gemstones in silver over a 15k gold foiled dish back. Complete with an ornate gold shank featuring deeply carved oak leaf motifs. The pastes each have a tiny "black dot" painted on the open culet in order to better simulate old cut diamonds. Made at a time when paste gemstones could and would command higher prices than their naturally occurring