Belle Époque ruby and diamond ring. Set with a round old cut diamond to centre in an open back rubover setting with a weight of 0.50 carats, surrounded by forty four round eight cut diamonds in open back grain and millegrain settings with a combined weight of 0.44 carats, with four channel set rows of square calibré cut natural unenhanced rubies in open back rubover millegrain settings, twelve in total with an approximate combined weight of 0.36 carats. The total approximate diamond weight is 0.94 carats, to a scalloped openwork cluster form with intricate pierced gallery and fancy shape backholing, the gently sloping shoulders with cheniers leading to a slim ridged D-shape shank. Marked platinum, French, circa 1910.
