Antique Old European Navette Diamond Ring 18k Chinese
1900s cluster diamond ring set with Old European Cut diamonds weighing 1.4ctw in 18k.
A typical Anglophile ring of this region, this Straits Chinese ring is so for both its use of diamonds and how they are set.
The diamonds are mixed quality, not all eye clean, but fiery, with the centre diamond a warm white.
The wealthy, whimsical Straits Chinese do not care to pursue in the perfection of a thoroughly-white ring, but that the ring should sparkle at a glance.
The diamonds are set with elegant spread-out prong work in a shared bezel, a refined antique gold work both Victorian and Straits Chinese that makes for a very well-made ring.
It is also one of those period diamond rings that the moment worn on the finger its look is antique and hard to authentically replicate.