Featured dainty little ring

Hi folks

found this sweet little ring out thrifting today in a charity shop (wink)

it was really tarnished or covered in crud (like you can see on the top inbetween the prongs)

thought it had potential, even though has no hallmarks at all

the stone has a slight pinky yellowy orange tinge

wondering your thoughts really, think it might have some age, victorian ?

thinking it might be gold, but will have to get it tested to be sure

gave it a once over with a sunshine cloth, and looks promising

the bits of blue fluff are from the cloth

any thoughts or info appreciated

 

Lovely find Charlie, looks good to me. Might be a citrine.

 

thanks house, yeah there does seem something nice about it, it didn't look anything like gold before cleaning

 

Just checked in to say it looks Georgian to me. A little treasure.

 

marvelous thanks Aj

 

Could you show the stone against something other than your slight pinky yellowy orange tinge fingers?

Think if I showed this to my jeweller he would proclaim it 1950s 10k gold with a glass stone. Yes, when gold was at a more down to earth price, it could be used to set glass.

 

I’m with aj on the age. That bead setting.

 

If you are taking it to have the metal tested ask them to test the stone if they can. It is near impossible to ID a stone like this from a photo

 

hi bronwen

here's some pics without my slight pinky yellowy orange tinge fingers getting in the way

these were earlier from earlier today



these from just now



now you can tell why i stated so many colours

 

He! He! He! "... your slight pinky yellowy orange tinge fingers"

Debora

 

the pink is all me, the yellow and orange a mix of smoking and fake tan

 

Think that it's too much to hope it is padparadscha sapphire, the only stone I can think of with that combo of colors.

 

Word of the day: pleochroism. Think morganite would be a stretch.

 

I'd take a gem tester to it. The setting looks older than dirt, but the stone could be anything. In the Old Days, jewelers used what they could get. Glass wouldn't surprise me, but if it's Georgian neither would a Padparadscha if one happened to turn up.

 

Spinels were common in Georgian jewellery.

 

They vanished into the haze these days, but they were cool.

 

With that pale peachy look, could it be Imperial topaz?
That collet setting sure looks Georgian to me.

 

I did consider imperial topaz, but I don’t think it’s glowy enough. And for the age, I don’t think it was available much, given its Brazilian.

I love imperial topaz. Went to H Stern in Rio and drooled.