Modern Cylindrical Design Fire Opal and White Gold Ring 1970s

A vintage handmade and unique pearl, diamond and textured 18 karat yellow gold ring, by Gerda Flöckinger, United Kingdom, c. 1970. Signed GF. Ring is a size 6.25 and measures 0.70" x 0.38" x 0.40". The ring is work of art, poetic and radiant. The craftsmanship is superb with the conventional marriage of diamonds and pearls set aside for a newer more modern arrangement in 1970. Certainly a forever ring by a renowned maker. Even an engagement ring? A leader of the avant garde modern jewelry movement in London during the 1960s, Gerda Flockinger has long been regarded as the one of the greatest British modern artist jewelers. She was born in 1927 in Innsbruck, Austria and immigrated to England in 1938. The modern 1970s pearl and gold band...

A carved lapis lazuli, pavé-set diamond and 18 karat gold ring, by the London jewelry house of Kutchinsky, 1970. Ring size 6.5 and stamped Kutchinsky, makers mark K LD, London Hallmarks dated with the letter "p". The Kutchinskys were a family of jewelers that once supplied jewelry to Ludwig of Bavaria's court. In 1893, Hirsch Kutchinsky fled Poland and established his jewelry business in London. He was joined by his sons Joseph and Solomon. During the mid-late twentieth century, Kutchinsky jewelry...

Richard Chavez 18 karat gold dangle earrings with fire opal, black jade, and turquoise, c. 2020. Maker's mark, 18K. This master jeweler makes very little work now. These earrings a...

An ironstone and 18 karats gold ring, made by Vivianna Torun for Georg Jensen, Denmark. Signed Torun, 1424 Georg Jensen 750. The ring is a size 6.50. Due to the placement of hallma...

A unique pearl and 14-karat gold ring, by Knud Vilhelm Anderson for Anton Michelsen, circa 1970. Stamped 585, KVA, AM with logo. The ring is a size 06¼. 14-karat gold was the primary gold used in Nordic...

A lapis lazuli, coral, turquoise, wood and 14 karat gold shield ring, by Charles Loloma, c. 1970. Vintage jewelry. Signed Loloma, stamped 14k. Ring size 5. Similar examples are shown in the excellent book "Loloma: Beauty is His Name"by Martha Hopkins Streuver, 2005. This is a very finely made, elegant, Loloma shield ring using the highest-quality stones; a vintage jewel in excellent condition, and representative of the great artist jeweler Loloma's best work. The proportion of metal to stone is balanced and the color scheme is harmonious. The shield rings in gold have become hard to find. And the prices for the best jewelry by this transformative jeweler rise even further as witnessed by several recent auctions. This ring is a Loloma beauty, sits comfortably on the finger, and is an investment piece. Hopi artist Charles Loloma was one of the most influential 20th-century modernist jewelers. He was a Renaissance man of the times - a potter, a painter, a muralist, a poet, and a religious ceremonial leader. Living high on the Hopi mesas, he broke multiple imposed prohibitions on Native American jewelers and despite being excluded in his early years from important shows because his jewelry was not Ïndian enough" he simply continued working and changed the arc of his peoples' jewelry making and universal jewelry culture forever. (Loloma told his doubters, it was sufficient that he was an Indian for his jewelry to be considered Indian jewelry.) Through his modernist influence on jewelry, he transformed the design and lapidary techniques - height inlay, styles of shanks and bezel settings, and the use of new materials - lapis lazuli, wood, gold - in much of southwestern Native American jewelry for generations to come, He introduced this new form of beauty to the broader world. Loloma's pieces can be found in almost all important museums and private collections. Frank Lloyd Wright was a client. Mahnaz Collection carries the finest Loloma jewelry (and select artworks) as well as the jewel works of his only two acknowledged proteges - his niece Verma Nequetewa aka Sonwai, and Eveli Sabatie.

Vintage Opal diamond 14k white gold ring, circa 1970s. ABOUT THIS ITEM: #R-DJ818F This vintage opal and diamond ring is a basic for...

Platinum Opal & Diamond Ring, large opal of rainbow fire, low dome cabochon, 48 round-cut diamonds as double halo, diamonds of H-I color VS-SI clarity, ap...

One white opal and diamond 18K white gold ring centering one oval cabochon opal weighing approximately 14 ct. surrounded by 26 round brilliant cut diamonds totaling approximately 2.2...

A stylish ring featuring an orange Mexican fire opal weighing 2.52 carats. It is accented by 0.58 carats of round brilliant-cut diamonds which surround t...

It is a very bold design with pearls and fire opal sitting at two ends of a scale. The surface of the ring is full of Diamonds and ruby pave except for the claws. It is a big and uni...

A unique flower ring featuring 5 pieces of fire opal which are used as the flower’s petals. Accenting the pieces are 1.33 carats of round brilliant cut diamonds which are set all around the ring, along with one larger fancy yellow diamond...