French Ruby and Diamond Ring

This bombé ring, made in Paris circa 1980, features rubies and diamonds. The voluminous domed form is invisibly-set with calibré-cut rubies edged with diamond baguettes, the shoulder...

This late Victorian 18K gold double snake ring set with a diamond and a sapphire was created in England in 1892. It is designed as two snake heads, each with an old European-cut diam...

This glamorous ruby and diamond "Three Band" ring has unmistakable Cartier style and craftsmanship. Set among sparkling pavé-set diamonds, the triplet of cabochon rubies of superb co...

Created in the 1970s, this ruby and diamond flower motif ring is a design by Oscar Heyman. It is composed of four pear-cut rubies and four-pear cut diamonds arrayed as a series of pe...

Dating from the 1960s, this textured 18K gold bombé ring is composed of cabochon coral and diamonds. The high domed top is set with three graduating lines of oval cabochon corals fla...

Composed of silver, lacquer and reverse painted and engraved crystal, this exceptional ring was a collaboration of two French modernist artists, Després and Cornault. The ring centers a glass crystal prism above a polychrome abstract-design painting in miniature by Cornault, mounted by Després within a silver and black lacquer surround, flanked by stepped and incised chevron form shoulders with subtle dark patination. Uniting an intriguing abstract painting with the geometry of interlocking planes and layered strata, this rare ring is powerful work of painterly and sculptural modernism. Product Details: Item #: R-21132 Artist: J Després and E Cornault Country: France Circa: 1930 Size: 6.75 (this ring can be sized; please contact the gallery for further information) Materials: Glace peinte/Reverse-painted crystal; Black lacquer; Silver Signed: "J. Desprès", "JD" maker's mark, French guarantee stamp for silver. Provenance: Given by the artist to his niece, and by descent in her family. Exhibition History: "Étienne Cournault (1891-1948)" at Musées de la Cour d’Or à Metz, 25 June to 24 October 1994. This ring was presented as number 94 in the exhibition catalogue. Literature: This ring appears in "Jean Després; Jeweller, Maker and Designer of the Machine Age", Thames & Hudson, 2009, by Melissa Gabardi, on p. 197. Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: This important ring is one of a small group of “Bijoux-Glaces” or “Mirror Jewels”. These jewels represent the collaboration between two French Modernist artists, Étienne Cournault (1891-1948) and Jean Després (1889-1980). Cournault was from Lorraine, and had been educated at L’Ecole de Nancy in graphic and applied arts. He was active in Paris as a painter, draughtsman, and print maker in the 1920s. Moreover, he was the premier practitioner of the rarified technique of reverse painting on crystal, which he elevated from a traditional decorative art by creating intriguing miniature paintings of Surrealist and Cubist inspiration. Cournault met Després, an accomplished silversmith who moved in the circle of Modligiani, de Chirico, Braque and Signac, when Jacques Doucet commissioned the artists to complete an ornate metal table...

Ring in 18kt yellow gold set with one cabochon cut ruby 1.74 cts and 32 diamonds 0.85 cts Size 54        

14k white gold ruby and diamond ring containing 1 cabochon cut ruby weighing .98pts. and 36 round full cut diamonds of very fine quality weighing .30pts. set in a 4mm wide ring. Thi...

Antique diamond and ruby ring. Probably made in America, this minor masterpiece composed of 6 small prong set rose cut diamonds encircle...

Created in 18 karat yellow gold Rubies 0.45 carat approx. Diamonds 1.20 carats approx. Rings size US 6.5 Crafted from 18 karat yellow gold, this exquisite ring dazzles with its embe...

Vintage contrarier 18 karat gold ring with diamond and ruby, Italy 1870s-1890s Ring size US 8

Designed as a ladybug, set with a cabochon sapphire approx. 10ct, the eyes set with ruby and rose-cut diamonds in the body, assay mark for Russian circa 1900. Weight: 12 gr. Size: 7