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Carved opal ring attributed to Wilhelm Schmidt for Giuliano, English, circa 1890.

Yellow Gold, Opal

£12,100

Carved ring attributed to for . Set vertically with a rectangular unenhanced opal plaque in a setting, finely carved to depict a full length female figurine, encompassed by a delicate enameled edge, the decorated with additional enamel detail and flanked by ornamental split trumpeting enhanced with granules and flowing though to a solid V-shape with elaborate enamel work flourishes throughout. yellow gold, English, 1890.

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Reference Number 22433

Maker Wilhelm Schmidt

Origin England

Ring size: M

Size Guide

The majority of items can be re-sized free of charge.

Period Victorian

TOTAL / RING Weight 4.3 grams

Metal Yellow Gold

Gemstone Opal

Chairman's Notes

Born in Idar Oberstein, Germany, Wilhelm Schmidt moved to Paris aged 15 and apprenticed for the famed the cameo-cutter, Arsene.

He eventually settled in London and worked with some incredibly rare gemstone specimens and produced pieces for some of the finest jewellery firms including John Brogden, Child & Child and Carlo Giuliano. Schmidt seldom signed his work and the cameos he produced for jewellers were rarely ever credited to him.

It was Wilhelm Schmidt who actually invented the concept of cutting opal cameos, utilizing the matrix of rough opal for the ground. His first example was exhibited at the Paris Exhibition in 1878.

Delivery & Returns

Inside diameter (mm)	USA	UK	China India	European
11.63	0
11.84	¼
12.04	½	A
12.24	¾	A½
12.45	1	B	1
12.65	1¼	B½
12.85	1½	C
13.06	1¾	C½		41
13.26	2	D	2	42
13.46	2¼	D½
13.67	2½	E	3	43
13.87	2¾	E½
14.07	3	F	4	44
14.27	3¼	F½	5	45
14.48	3½	G
14.68	3¾	G½	6	46
		H		47
14.88	4	H½	7
15.09	4¼	I		48
15.29	4½	I½	8
15.49	4¾	J		49
15.7	5	J½	9	50
15.9	5¼	K		51
16.1	5½	K½	10
16.31	5¾	L		52
16.51	6	L½	11
16.71	6¼	M	12	53
16.92	6½	M½	13
17.12	6¾	N		54
17.32	7	O	14	55
17.53	7¼	O½		56
17.73	7½	P	15
17.93	7¾	P½		57
18.14	8	Q	16
18.34	8¼	Q½		58
18.54	8½	R	17	59
18.75	8¾	R½
18.95	9	S	18	60
19.15	9¼
19.35	9½	S½	19	61
19.56	9¾	T
19.76	10	T½	20	62
19.96	10¼	U	21
20.17	10½	U½	22	63
20.37	10¾	V		64
20.57	11	V½	23
20.78	11¼	W		65
20.98	11½	W½	24
21.18	11¾	X		66
21.39	12	Y	25	67
21.59	12¼	Y½		68
21.79	12½	Z	26
22	12¾	Z½		69
22.2	13		27
22.4	13¼
22.61	13½
22.81	13¾
23.01	14
23.22	14¼
23.42	14½
23.62	14¾
23.83	15
24.03	15¼
24.23	15½
24.43	15¾
24.64	16

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Carved opal ring attributed to Wilhelm Schmidt for Giuliano, English, circa 1890.

Yellow Gold, Opal

£12,100

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