Vintage Opal Boule Cluster Ring 4ct Total Dated 1966 Newly Listed Jewellery

Vintage Opal Boule Cluster Ring 4ct Total Dated 1966 Newly Listed JewelleryA marvellous 1960s cocktail ring featuring a domed, boule gallery encrusted with natural opal cabochons that shimmer and change colour in the light like a rainbow of incandescent bubbles (approx. 4ct total). Opal is the birthstone of October. Their magic has been revered throughout history, desired for their enchanting rainbow of colours that flow and dance across the surface of the stone, evoking the beauty of planet earth or the aurora borealis,

open-work Art Nouveau design

The piece showcases three different varieties of agate

forever sparkling like sunlight over a frozen lake

a saint Christopher coin

AGE: Georgian

jagged book links each chased with different patterns on top

ITEM NUMBER: 9426

The locket was likely made as a loving tribute to a deceased loved one and opens to reveal a lock of their plaited hair preserved behind a glass window so that a piece of them was always kept close to the wearer’s heart

19mm at the back

It’s set in a claw mount that holds it flush in the gallery and forms deep grooves down the shoulders

open-work basket setting

MARKS: “Silver Gilt – 900” mark