Victorian Diamond & Ruby 5-Stone Boat Ring Size:8.75 tests as 15k gold (pin

tests as 15k gold (pin is 9k gold)

with cushion shaped head and engraved shoulder details

Arthurian legends

Paste gemstones

DATE: Georgian

Victorian Diamond & Ruby 5-Stone Boat Ring Size:8.75 tests as 15k gold (pinDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A sweet antique five stone ring known in the trade as a "boat ring" or sometimes "navette ring" navette coming from the French for little boat. This ones particularly petite streamlined, set with old cut diamonds and rubies in elongated, scalloped prongs forming open spaces on the gallery to allow light in behind them. It's modelled in 18 karat gold with deeply carved scrolled shoulders and dates from the 1880s. STONES Old