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Cartier Paris "Les Délices de Goa" Boule Ring
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Dating from circa 2003, this Cartier Paris "Les Délices de Goa" boule ring is composed of amethyst, coral and diamonds. The high-domed boule ring is set with variously sized orange c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Cocktail Rings
Materials
Amethyst, Coral, Diamond, 18k Gold
Art Moderne Platinum, Ruby and Diamond Ring
Located in New York, NY
Created in the 1930s, this Art Moderne ruby and diamond ring is set in platinum. It is designed as two large pave-set diamond scrolls with stepped edges, accented with lines of calib...
Category
Early 20th Century Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
Antique English 18K Gold and Diamond Buckle Ring
Located in New York, NY
Made in Chester, this 18K gold English strap and buckle ring is set with an old mine-cut diamond. The ring centers a buckle motif highlighted by a star-set old mine-cut diamond accen...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold
Van Cleef & Arpels Diamond, Chrysoprase and Coral Bombé Ring
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
Designed in the late 1980s, this diamond, chrysoprase, coral and onyx ring was made by Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris. The ring centers a field of pavé-set round brilliant-cut diamonds fl...
Category
Late 20th Century Cocktail Rings
Materials
Chalcedony, Coral, Diamond, 18k Gold
Cartier Paris Ceylon Sapphire and Emerald Boule Ring
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Created by Cartier Paris circa 1997, this beautiful boule ring is set with a 10-carat plus Ceylon sapphire mounted in platinum and 18K gold. The high domed ring centers a Ceylon sapp...
Category
Late 20th Century Cocktail Rings
Materials
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Antique 18K Gold and Diamond Five Stone Ring
Located in New York, NY
This antique diamond ring is composed of five old European-cut diamonds, approximate total weight 2.30 carats, set in gold with a delicately scrolling gallery. Interspersed with addi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 18K Gold, Ruby and Diamond Double Snake Ring
Located in New York, NY
This late Victorian 18K gold double snake ring, set with a diamond and a ruby, was created in England in 1892. It is designed as two engraved snake heads, each with an old European-c...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique English 18K Gold and Five Stone Diamond Ring
Located in New York, NY
Created in 1893, this antique English diamond ring is set with diamonds mounted in 18K gold, and was made in Chester. The delicate 18K gold band i...
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Three-Stone Rings
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Cartier Paris Diamond "Panthère Griffe" Ring
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
A design dating from the 2000s, this Cartier "Panthère Griffe" ring is composed of 18K white gold and diamonds. It is designed as a bypass form of overlapping raised diamond pavé pan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
French Retro 18K White Gold and Diamond Ring
Located in New York, NY
Created in France in the 1940s, in the Retro style, this diamond solitaire ring is mounted in 18K white gold. The central diamond, weighing 2.42 carats, L color, VS2 clarity, is flan...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Retro Cocktail Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Cartier Paris 18K Gold and Diamond "Maillon Panthère" Bombé Ring
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Created in France by Cartier, Paris, this "Maillon Panthère" bombé ring is composed of 18K gold and diamonds. The broad, bombé form is design as three rows of oblong sections flanked...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Dome Rings
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Cartier Paris Diamond "Panthère" Ring
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
This Cartier Paris "Panthère" ring in 18K white gold, set with diamonds, onyx and emeralds, dates from the 2000s. It is designed as a bypass ring, the panther's head with emerald eyes and onyx nose, pavé set throughout with approximately 6.50 carats of round brilliant-cut diamonds. This classic ring from Cartier's brilliant "big cat" series makes a glamorous addition to a selective collection of elegant, iconic jewels.
Product Details:
Item #: R-21032
Artist: Cartier
Country: France
Circa: 2000s
Size: 6.5 (this ring can be sized; please contact the gallery for further information)
Materials: Approximately 300 brilliant-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 6.50 carats); 2 pear-cut emeralds (approximate total weight 0.04 carat); black onyx; 18K White Gold
Signed: Cartier, 750, 84344B, French assay mark, maker's mark, 48
Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes:
Teamwork, technical brilliance, and creativity were some of the magical ingredients that resulted in the innovation of the Cartier Big Cat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Cocktail Rings
Materials
Emerald, Onyx, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Five-Stone Old European-cut Diamond Ring
Located in New York, NY
Created around 1900, this English diamond ring is set with five diamonds mounted in 18K gold. The delicate 18K gold band is set across the top wit...
Category
Early 20th Century Late Victorian Cluster Rings
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Edwardian Diamond Ring
Located in New York, NY
Dating from circa 1910, this platinum-topped gold ring is set with over 3.50 carats of old diamonds. The ring centers an old European-cut diamond, weighing approximately 1.50 carats,...
Category
Early 20th Century Cluster Rings
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
French Invisibly-Set Ruby and Diamond Bombé Ring
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
Late 20th Century French Cocktail Rings
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Platinum
Jean Després and Étienne Cournault French Modernist "Bijoux-Glace" Ring
By Jean Despres
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Modernist Fashion Rings
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Natural Freshwater Pearl and Diamond Ring
Located in New York, NY
Created at the end of the 19th century, this natural pearl and diamond ring is set in platinum and gold. It centers a round freshwater white pearl, with old mine-cut diamond surround...
Category
Early 20th Century Bridal Rings
Materials
Diamond, Freshwater Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Platinum
English Diamond Double Snake Ring
Located in New York, NY
Created in England around the turn of the 19th century, this 18K gold double snake ring is set with diamonds. Designed as two snakes with intertwined bodies and tapering tails, the double heads are set with tapering lines of old mine-cut diamonds. These sculpted, sparkling snakes stand...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
English Opal and Rose-cut Diamond Three Stone Ring
Located in New York, NY
Set in 18K gold, this opal and diamond ring dates from circa 1900. It is set with three slightly graduating cabochon opal interspersed with lines of three rose- cut diamonds. With th...
Category
Early 20th Century English Three-Stone Rings
Materials
Diamond, Opal, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Rare Edouard de Martilly Paris Sapphire and Enamel Lotus Flower Ring
Located in New York, NY
Created during the Art Nouveau period in Paris, this sapphire and enamel ring is mounted in 18K gold. The elongated bombé form ring centers a line of round, oval and cushion-shaped sapphires flanked by chased overlapping lotus blossoms on long stems highlighted by blue champlevé enamel. Light and sculptural, this strikingly original design combines expressive naturalism with a proto-modern inclination to abstraction.
Product Details:
Item #: R-20782
Artist: Edouard De Martilly...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Dome Rings
Materials
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Van Cleef & Arpels Paris No-Heat Burma Sapphire Ring
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
Created in the late 1930s by Van Cleef & Arpels Paris, this Burma sapphire and diamond ring is mounted in platinum. The ring centers three vertically-set cushion-cut sapphires, weighing 1.96, 1.21, and 1.20 carats, flanked by two canted rows of calibré-cut sapphires mounted on either side of an domed step, and arched shoulders set with graduating round-cut diamonds. Densely set with royal blue Burma sapphires, and rich in artistic impact, this streamlined masterpiece by Van Cleef & Arpels is a statement of sculptural monumentality in miniature.
Product Details:
Item #: R-20587
Artist: Van Cleef & Arpels
Country: France
Circa: Late 1930s
Size: (this ring can be sized; please contact the gallery for further information)
Materials: 1 cushion-cut sapphire (approximate total weight 1.20 carats); 1 cushion-cut sapphire (approximate total weight 1.96 carats); 1 cushion-cut sapphire (with approximate total weight 1.21 carats); 10 round diamonds (approximate total weight 1.00 carats); platinum
Signed: Van Cleef & Arpels Brevete. s.g.d.g. 48551 French assay marks and maker's mark
Documentation: Accompanied by American Gemological Laboratories (AGL) reports nos. 1123997, 1123998, and 1123999, all dated 15 July 2022, stating that the three largest sapphires are of Burma (Myanmar) origin, with no evidence of heat enhancement.
Literature: For important mid-century jewels with a similar sculptural character, see Van Cleef & Arpels, Reflections of Eternity, by Marc Petit...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Cluster Rings
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
French Ruby and Diamond Ring
Located in New York, NY
This French ruby and diamond ring in platinum-topped 18K gold dates from circa 1910. The slender form centers a ruby surrounded by swirlin...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
David Webb Rock Crystal and Hammered Gold Bombé Ring
By David Webb
Located in New York, NY
Dating from the 1960s-1970s, this hammered 18K gold and rock crystal bombé ring was created by David Webb, New York. The ring is set with a high domed rock crystal cabochon with a faceted pavilion above a hammered gold mount with an obliquely ribbed high-relief surface. Oversize and playful, this bold volumized ring...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dome Rings
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Art Deco Diamond Ruby Platinum and Gold Plaque Ring
Located in New York, NY
An Art Deco platinum and 14 karat ring with diamonds and rubies. The ring is designed in a classic platinum-on-gold plaque motif, with the 3 larger diamonds architecturally framed by...
Category
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Platinum, Gold
Cartier Stepped Gold and Diamond Ring
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
This architectural stepped gold and diamond ring by Cartier Paris presents a clever and sparkling commentary on artistry and illusion. From different viewpoints, this Retro ring is alternately a sculptured triple diamond band...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Retro Cocktail Rings
Materials
White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold, Platinum
1960s Blue Sapphire Diamond and Platinum "Moi et Toi" Ring
Located in New York, NY
A Mid-20th Century platinum, diamond and blue sapphire moi et toi ring. The classic crossover ring has a round-cut diamond with an approximate weight o...
Category
Vintage 1960s Cocktail Rings
Materials
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
English Antique Sapphire Diamond Silver Gold Cluster Ring
Located in New York, NY
An English Antique 15 karat gold/silver top ring with sapphire and diamonds. The ring has a no heat oval-cut sapphire with an approximate weight of .9...
Category
Antique 1880s English Cluster Rings
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, 15k Gold, Sterling Silver
Edwardian Ring Featuring Pearls and Diamonds
Located in New York, NY
An Edwardian ring featuring two pearls and 22 diamonds set in platinum, with an 18 karat gold shank. The two pearls, which stack up the finger, are elegantly framed by a naturalistic...
Category
Vintage 1910s Edwardian Cocktail Rings
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Platinum
Cartier Ruby and Diamond “Three Band” Ring
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
1990s French Cocktail Rings
Materials
White Diamond, Ruby, Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold
Ceylon No-Heat Sapphire and Diamond Ring
Located in New York, NY
This substantial cabochon blue sapphire and diamond ring is a beautiful example of Art Deco opulence. Elegantly proportioned an...
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Sapphire, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
Van Cleef & Arpels Diamond Bombé Ring
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
This mid-century Van Cleef & Arpels bombé ring is a striking and sensuous period design is set with over ten carats of diamonds. The voluminous form, dripping and patterned with roun...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Cocktail Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
Bulgari Emerald and Diamond "Trombino" Ring
By Bulgari
Located in New York, NY
This classic Bulgari "Trombino" ring is set with a center emerald, exhibiting the iconic Colombian green satin color, coupled with extraordinary clarity. With its clean, architectura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Cocktail Rings
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, White Diamond, Platinum
