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yellow sapphire
Some tarnish to the metal behind the stones and the central prongs are somewhat deformed (possibly part of the design
the head plays on various iterations and placings of circular stones inside square and rectangular settings
Plutarch writes in the 'Moralia' (circa AD 100):
The stones are nice and bright
Early Victorian Navette Ring Resize:Yes yellow sapphireAn incredible early Victorian navette ring dating from the 1840s. The head is wider, chunkier, than most navette rings you see from this period, and the combination of gemstones a blood red garnet centre bordered by creamy white pearls brought to mind "The Wound of Christ" from the The Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg, Duchess of Normandy (dated before 1349, currently in the collection of the Met Museum). The Victorians were (obviously) mad about
