Carved opal ring attributed to Wilhelm Schmidt for Giuliano, English, circa 1890.
Yellow Gold, Opal
£12,100
Carved opal ring attributed to Wilhelm Schmidt for Giuliano. Set vertically with a rectangular natural unenhanced opal plaque in a closed backrubover setting, finely carved to depict a full length female figurine, encompassed by a delicate enameled edge, the collet decorated with additional enamel detail and flanked by ornamental split trumpeting shoulders enhanced with gold granules and flowing though to a solid V-shape shank with elaborate enamel work flourishes throughout. Tested yellow gold, English, circa 1890.
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.
Carved opal ring attributed to Wilhelm Schmidt for Giuliano, English, circa 1890.Yellow Gold, Opal
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International Ring Sizes
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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