Art Deco diamond ring. Set slightly raised to centre with a round old cut diamond in an open back corner claw setting with a weight of 0.90 carats, flanked by four rectangular baguette cut diamonds in open back rubover settings with a combined weight of 0.50 carats, further set to top and bottom with two graduated rows of round old cut diamonds, fourteen in total with a combined weight of 1.00 carats in open back grain settings. The total approximate diamond weight is 2.40 carats, to a bombe cluster with openwork throughout, a conforming pierced finger gallery and intricate backholing, tapering at the split shoulders down to a solid ridged shank. Tested platinum, circa 1935.
