Here is a traditional vintage sapphire and diamond ring that was beautifully hand made in 18 carat yellow gold and platinum in London in 1971 and is set with genuine antique mine cut diamonds.
The Ceylonese sapphire has such a perfect colour to it with excellent transparency allowing you to see right through the stone, and this colour sapphire is without a doubt the most sought after of all the colours that sapphires come in. With such a perfect blue, it is complimented perfectly by both the diamonds and the pure white of the platinum. Measuring 1.50 carats, on each side is a mine cut diamond which has all the charm and character of being one of the earliest cut of diamonds. With a total weight of 0.38 carats, further down leading to the band are two single cut diamonds that total 0.04 carats.
The sparkle from these diamonds highlights the ring perfectly and this ring will easily accommodate a wedding band being worn along side.
This timeless design will never go out of fashion, and is a perfect engagement ring to be loved and adored.
Stock# ES9101
Hallmarked: London 1971
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Hand made vintage sapphire and diamond engagement ring
This elegant vintage sapphire and diamond engagement ring was hand made in 18 carat yellow gold and platinum in London in 1971. Set with a natural Ceylonese sapphire, on each side are two antique mine cut diamonds, as well as two single cut diamonds on each side leading to the yellow gold band. One of the earliest cuts of diamonds, in recent years the popularity ad desire for the antique mine cut diamonds and antique European cut diamonds has increased so much that they are being cut today in the modern diamond cutting workshops of India and Antwerp.
Both sapphires and rubies have long been considered perfect rings to go with diamonds in an engagement ring due to their hardness and durability. Diamonds are the hardest gemstone in the world, having a hardness of 10 on Moh's scale of hardness, with sapphire and ruby being a 9, making it a very durable gemstone to be set into a ring that can easily be worn every day. Both sapphires and diamonds belong to the same gemstone family of corundum and indeed both are the same stone, however when corundum is red, it is a ruby and when all other colours, it is a sapphire. With this, sapphires can be found in all colours other than red, including pink, purple, green, colourless and the highly desirable pink-orange colour of the padparadscha sapphire.
The advantage of buying a vintage or antique engagement ring is that the diamonds are all conflict free diamonds as there were many diamond mines in the 1980's and 1990's that used very unethical labour to mine the diamonds as well as the money going to criminal organizations around the world.
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