"Raspberry Ripple"
SOLD 18K, Diamond & Ruby Art Nouveau Navette Ring
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The navette ring was one of the many styles that was in vogue for a time during the expansive Victorian era. Literally meaning 'little ship', the design is, well, shaped like a tiny little ship. It's elongated and pointed at the ends, giving an elegant air to the ring.
An exceptional victorian Navette ring with diamonds and rubies, in a stunning, swirling paisley- perfectly in line with Belle Époque sensibilities. It is becoming harder and harder to find Victorian diamond rings as so many were lost to time… and when we found this beauty with her sloping shoulders and bezeled old European diamonds, a collective hush fell over the office. We NEVER find them quite like this…
Fashion houses like Worth & Callot Soeurs commanded the transition out of 19th century buckled silhouettes to a more natural form- but it was the Art Nouveau styles in jewels such as this that cemented these fashions as so much more than ephemeral textile temptations. By turning art nouveau shapes into legacy defining decorative arts, jewels led fashion and rendered it, in many ways, immortal. This Navette has stood the test of time to underscore this very phenomenon.
Details (approximate)
Materials: 18ct Pink Gold with Rubies (.30cts) and diamonds (.68cts) (estimated)
Weighs: 3.4 grams
Size: 4 (resize as needed)
Marks: None
Condition: Excellent for her age. As with most Victorian jewels, there is wear to the shank and the prongs. Overall, very good.
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