Sale 5217
London, South Kensington
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6 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 3,750
Estimate
A LATE 19TH CENTURY RUBY FIVE STONE RING AND A SAPPHIRE FIVE STONE RING Each of half-hoop design, the first set with graduated oval rubies with rose-cut diamond points and old-cut diamond two stone shoulders; the second with cushion shaped sapphires, rose-cut diamond points, and circular-cut diamond two stone shoulders, two later brilliant-cut diamond replacements; both circa 1890, some rose-cut diamonds deficient (2)
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