The Blue Paisley Fox Solitaire Rings

Because Aquamarine can be -and often is- found in large sizes, most aquamarine rings feature stones the the size of a domino. And because Aquamarine was wildly popular in the 1940s -...

This midcentury men's diamond ring represents the quintessential design aesthetic for a man's diamond solitaire, circa 1960s. How many Walter Cronkite broadcasts have flashed across ...

This impressive ring features an oval-cut 9.78-carat natural vibrant raspberry rhodolite garnet, surrounded by a halo of brilliant-cut diamonds that total .59 carats. The ring is rendered in platinum and bears the unidentified maker's mark of its Japanese creator...

An enormous, spectacular four-carat cabochon-cut vivid pinkish-red no-heat Burma ruby commands attention in this extraordinary platinum Mid-century ring. The stoplight-red ruby measures 10.33mm x 8.74mm x 4.84mm and weighs 4.75 carats. Three sleek tapered baguette diamonds and a pair of round brilliants compliment the ruby on either side. Together the diamonds weigh approximately .25 carats. The diamonds are bright white (F/G) and near-flawless (VS1). This exceedingly rare and important stone came...

This is one substantial -and substantially cool- jadeite jade ring from the middle of the last century (circa 1960s). This Mod and modern, natural and untreated Burmese jadeite ring...

A gemmy apple green cabochon of certified natural, untreated Burmese jadeite is prong-set into a sleek platinum mounting and accompanied on both sides with a trio of fiery white diam...

A rare aluminum and diamind stanhope ring. A "Stanhope lens" is a tiny single-lens microscope invented in the late 18th century by Eton-educated Charles Stanhope, the 3rd Earl Stanhope. The unique construction of the lens requires that the object to be magnified be near or in direct contact with the lens. Photography, which had been invented several decades prior to the Stanhope lens, was ever-evolving, and something called "microphotographs" became a thing in the mid-1800s. These tiny photographs could not be seen without a microscope. The Victorians, dressed as they were in multiple layers of social decorum, etiquette, and clothing, loved microphotographs because they were cunning, and the subject matter could be naughty —filthy naughty, even— yet remain invisible to anyone without a microscope. The Stanhope lens came along at just the right time and was eagerly adopted; incorporated into everything from crucifixes to sewing scissors. And, of course, set into rings. Stanhope rings...

A luscious, translucent mottled emerald-green jadeite jade double cabochon is set within a highly detailed 18K white gold mounting in this Edwardian-era (circa 1905) ring. The jade...

This 14K white gold star sapphire ring was created in the 1950s or early 1960s and apparently locked away in a safe until I came along. The hand-etched Florentine finish is not only ...