Hessonite garnet and diamond cluster ring. Set to centre with a cushion shape star top natural unenhanced orange hessonite in an open back claw setting with an approximate weight of 3.00 carats, encircled by fourteen round star top diamonds in open back claw settings with an approximate combined weight of 0.56 carats, all to a fancy cluster design with a fluted openwork gallery and intricately pierced backholing, the trumpeting shoulders with applied foliate decoration, proceeding to a solid flat shank. Marked 18 carat white gold, French, circa 1970.
