The Past Lives - Rare Early 17th Century Ring edwardian Grand and showy

Grand and showy

Often prongs work against the gemstone

its French hallmark of a ram's head facing left

Fine vivid green

and ruby brooch with a remark on the feet seems a bit backward

The Past Lives - Rare Early 17th Century Ring edwardian Grand and showyA bezel lesson" What is a bezel? It is a surround or precise "frame"? for a gemstone or diamond that conforms exactly to its perimeter. In early jewelry, particularly those from the 14th through to 18th century, often rings might only have one stone surrounded by a rub over bezel. It was burnished until the metal, in this case, gold was spread like butter over the sides and a tiny portion of the top edge. There is virtually no gap between it and the