A single garnet, deep and wine-red, sits in a crisp gold hand-engraved setting that balances restraint and richness — an ideal of early Victorian taste. The emerald-cut stone reflects light in slow, ember-like flashes in the way only garnets can. The stone was beloved in the 19th century as a talisman for constancy and devotion; the fiery glow was said to strengthen emotional bonds.
MATERIALS: 14k gold (tests), 7mm x 6.5mm emerald cut garnet
AGE: c. 1850
CONDITION: Very good - some minor surface scuffs to the garnet; some softening to the engraving along the shoulders
SIZE: 7.5, can be resized; 8.5mm head, 2.4mm shank