Art Deco 2.0ct Ruby & Diamond Cocktail Ring Size:9.25 There's a hinged glass compartment

There's a hinged glass compartment to the back which opens to allow storage of a small memento or keepsake - given the Georgians' mourning habits this would likely have been an intricately woven lock of hair

The colours

It dates from the turn of the 20th century

working with what they had to hand

modelled in 15 karat gold and dating from the mid-19th Century

Art Deco 2.0ct Ruby & Diamond Cocktail Ring Size:9.25 There's a hinged glass compartmentDATE: Art Deco, c. 1930 Gorgeous Art Deco cocktail ring dating from the 1930s. Two tapered baguette cut diamonds point from the shoulders towards a vivid 2 carat cushion cut ruby, surrounded by a double halo of icy white brilliant cut diamonds, the inner halo raised slightly creating a shallow dome. The open gallery allows light in behind the stones (looking pretty as it does so), and the ring is constructed in silver throughout. We've kept the patina