Stuart Rings

Unusual English Stuart period paste cluster ring with 8 rose cut pastes set in silver and backed in 18K with a gold bordered almandine garnet stone at center. Rings with paste stones in combination with real stones are unusual. The rose cut pastes on this ring are meticulously hand carved and the ring has significant hand gold work throughout. There is a painted black Florentine enamel design at the shoulders and the band is 18K. The goldsmith etched 3 flourishes into the gold band where the enamel painting ends on each side. The back of the ring is carved into a 6 leaved gold flower and raised about 3-4 mmm to give it depth. The ring back is as spectacular as the front. Such artistry could only be accomplished through the hand-work of an early goldsmith. The origin of paste is credited to 2 infamous Georges, the first being George Ravenscroft, an English glassmaker who in the 16th century invented a composition of leaded glass that resembled rock crystal. This composition of glass and lead and other mysterious ingredients were further developed and popularized by a Parisian jeweler, George Straus who is widely credited with popularizing paste jewelry...

An exquisite early 18th century Stuart rock crystal ring. Inlaid with a knotted gold wire cypher and flashes of berry-pink foil underneath, this ring is steeped with English history and is a remarkable example of Stuart period jewellery. The group of political jewellery...

This rare heraldic silver intaglio signet ring dates from the late 17th century and originates from Western Europe. The flat, octagonal bezel is engraved with a noble family coat of arms depicting an eight pointed star. The silver ring is cast in one piece, the intaglio is framed within a chased octagonal border and the band displays flared and chamfered edges at the shoulders, all features typical of the period. After looking into heraldry archives, there are a few families in Western Europe which share this coat of arms, notably the Ambrogini family of Italy and the Counts of Waldeck, vassals of Luxembourg since the 14th century (see Ravensbury Antiques...

Rare Charles 1 silver posie ring engraved "LET'LIKINGE'LAST". Posie rings were popular in England and France during the 15th through the 17th centuries as lo...

Seventeenth century Stuart crystal cluster ring surrounded by ten paste stones set in 18K gold and silver with embossed shoulders on the shank. The cent...

Seventeenth century Stuart carved rock crystal ring set in 18K gold. The crystal is mounted over woven hair that displays a gold wire cipher. ...

Wonderful early ring from the Stuart period in England. A faceted crystal covers plaited hair adorned by chains of gold and the golden initials "CJ" in a...