The Blue Paisley Fox Solitaire Rings

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 ...

It's one of the rarest gemstones in the world, but most people have never heard of it: the chrysoberyl cat's eye. The stones are nearly as hard and durable as sapphire and are found ...

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 spectacular -and exceedingly rare- certified natural and unheated Burmese ruby weighing just over three carats shines like a beacon from within the four-prong French mounting. Rubies over one carat are rare, and Burmese rubies are the standard against which all others are judged. The magnificent no-heat Burma ruby measures 9.8mm x 8.8mm and weighs 3.02 carats. The platinum band is set with eighteen small, bright, and white diamonds weighing approximately .20 carats. There's a French purity mark on the rear, but the band bears no maker's mark. The GIA classifies rubies as a Type II gemstone, meaning they are expected to contain inclusions. Many are so heavily included that they are opaque. Rubies, like blue sapphires, can also be so saturated -too saturated- that they appear dark. But this stone is bright and lively, a thrilling pinkish-red. The inclusions within this ruby happen to be fascinating and -depending on your taste- uniquely beautiful. It's a prize of a stone. The stone is bright and displays the gorgeous natural crystal structure of the ruby gemstone. I'm a gemologist, so I find the interior of this ruby fascinating and beautiful and unique. I've included an ultra-macro image of the stone, backlit. It's a gorgeous stone. Keep in mind that the dramatic interior of the stone is hugely magnified in the image; on the finger it's just a beautiful ruby, as you can see in the video. I recognise that not everyone is as delighted by the internal crystal structure of gemstones as I am (I'm a gemologist, after all), so I have priced this ring accordingly. It presents a tremendous to acquire an enormous natural and un-heated Burmese ruby ring...

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...

An approximately 2.81 carat oval-cut spinel the color of the finest Padparadscha sapphire is held aloft within the prongs of a formal coronet setting in this rare and magnificent Dan...

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 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...

Recently mounted into a retro-era (early 1950s) 14K white gold and diamond ring is a fascinating and rare pearl you probably didn't know even existed: a natural saltwater clam pearl...

This Jade Ring & Diamond Ring in Platinum is iconic. A beautifully simple and classic jade solitaire ring from the 1950s. Featuring a lush emerald-green cabochon of jadeite jade tha...

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 ...

This is a perfectly proportioned, satisfyingly dense, and exceedingly well-made yellow gold and amethyst ring dating from the middle of the last century -circa 1960s. The sleek, aero...