Ornate diamond engagement ring. Set to centre with a round old cut diamond in an open back four claw setting with a weight of 0.95 carats, and further enhanced by twenty three round eight cut diamonds in open back grain settings with a combined weight of 0.45 carats. The total approximate diamond weight is 1.40 carats, to an intricately formed solitaire with millegrain decoration to the borders and finely pierced circular backholing, the trumpeting openwork shoulders set with decorative fleur-de-lis motifs and tapering to an engraved D-shape shank. Tested platinum, circa 1920.
