Featured Pearl and ruby bracelet

See edit. Blurry as this is, I see no ampersand.



Is the cartouche around the letters trapezoidal?

 

Cheryl is right, it's not American. The box reads Richard. And I agree that the wires mean 80s ish.

 

Just to add.......The Rubies(if they are rubies, and I believe they are) are well matched and appear to be of high quality. your rubies seem to have that desirable hint of blue which would classify them as pigeon blood.

High-quality rubies that weigh over 10 carats can sell for much more than a similar sized diamond. Some large rubies have fetched sale prices upwards of $225,000 per carat. Comparably sized diamonds average a sales price around $125,000 per carat. Rubies of this magnitude are significantly more rare than larger sized diamonds, which explains the difference in price.

• The most desirable shade of ruby is a deep red with a hint of blue which is referred to as "pigeon's blood."

• Inclusions (or imperfections) in rubies are to be expected and are generally well tolerated. However, when inclusions impact the transparency or brilliance of the stone, the value of the ruby dramatically decreases.

• Many top quality rubies have been mined in Myanmar (formerly Burma), which is where the term "Burmese ruby" comes from.

 

Then again it could be the perfect imitator, the Ramaura™ Cultured Ruby.

 

The French have made synthetic rubies for a century now, hard to tell from the real ones except that they're too perfect.

 

The original Ramaura ruby specimens that were sent to the GIA lab in Los Angeles were deemed high grade natural rubies,so Judith Osmer changed the formula a little to make the fluorescence a bit different than natural rubies.

 

I did find a jewelry store called Richard in Hong Kong. Founded in 1994. There's an e-mail address for inquiries.

https://www.jewelry.org.hk/en/membership/our-member-details.php?member_id=271

Debora