Van Cleef & Arpels natural Burmese ruby and diamond ring. Set with one central cushion shape old cut natural unenhanced Burmese ruby in an open back claw setting with an approximate weight of 1.25 carats, encircled by twenty two round brilliant cut diamonds in open back collet settings with a total weight of 1.50 carats, and sixteen round eight cut diamonds in open back collet settings with a total weight of 0.32 carats. The combined approximate diamond weight is 1.82 carats, to a bombé floraform cluster with pierced backholing and all on a tapering D-shape shank. Marked 18 carat yellow gold, signed 'VAN CLEEF & ARPELS', numbered 'B.9344', circa 1960, accompanied by Gem & Pearl Laboratory report #07622.
