Diamondcocktail ring. Horizontally set to centre with two round old cutdiamonds in open backgrain set millegrain box collet settings with a combined weight of 0.70 carats, flanked by two vertical rows of round rose cut diamonds in open back grain and millegrain settings, eight in total with a combined weight of 0.10 carats. The total approximate diamond weight is 0.80 carats, to a heavy stepped yellow gold form with curving horizontal rows to top and bottom, intricate pierced backholing and a conforming finger gallery, with heavy shoulders tapering down to a solid flat shank. Tested yellow gold and platinum, French control marks, circa 1940.
Diamond cocktail ring. Horizontally set to centre with two round old cut diamonds in open back grain set millegrain box collet settings with a combined weight of 0.70 carats, flanked by two vertical rows of round rose cut diamonds in open back grain and millegrain settings, eight in total with a combined weight of 0.10 carats. The total approximate diamond weight is 0.80 carats, to a heavy stepped yellow gold form with curving horizontal rows to top and bottom, intricate pierced backholing and a conforming finger gallery, with heavy shoulders tapering down to a solid flat shank. Tested yellow gold and platinum, French control marks, circa 1940.