Victorian Diamond & Ruby 5-Stone Boat Ring man in the moon tests as silver and 9k

tests as silver and 9k gold

and joins the head through elegant trifurcated shoulders

fully charged with romantic sentiment

Marks to the inner band indicate it was made in Taxco

and using horse and motor vehicles

Victorian Diamond & Ruby 5-Stone Boat Ring man in the moon tests as silver and 9kDATE: 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