Belle Epoque green garnet and diamond dress ring. Set with a central French cut natural unenhanced green garnet in an open back platinum grain setting with an approximate weight of 1.50 carats, set within an intricate openwork frame of diamonds, the centre stone surrounded by a single row of diamonds and also by an outer marquise shaped single row of diamonds, the inner section and the shoulders decorated with branches of leaves and berries, all set with one hundred and forty four cushion shaped old mine cut diamonds in open back platinum grain settings with an approximate combined weight of 2.00 carats, with intricate pierced backholing and flanked by split shoulders forming the base of the branches, flowing down to a solid tapered D-shape shank. Tested 18 carat yellow gold and platinum, French, circa 1905.
