Vivid Edwardian Sapphire Diamond Boat Ring 1988 Like magic

Like magic

still wearing its natural "skin" (one facet is unpolished and has the rougher surface of the raw diamond crystal)

marquise cut and tilted on the diagonal within a curving and dipping sprinkling of diamonds

and a mere suggestion of symmetry

Vivid Edwardian Sapphire Diamond Boat Ring 1988 Like magicA beautiful boat style setting with smooth, reflective edges and ends tapered to a lovely point is set with three vivid blue sapphires, separated by a pair of warm old cut diamonds in this charming early 20th century ring. The setting has just a hint of the asymmetry that was favoured in the preceding Art Nouveau period the swirling gallery under the stones appears to stop just short on the left, when in fact it drops down in to a curling design on