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An 18ct gold hand made diamond ring in the style of Elizabeth Gage, the ring of solid concave form 14mm wide at the head and tapering to 7.5mm at the back, with a raised tubular edge, the central round brilliant cut diamond of approximately 1.80ct in a raised rub over setting flanked by a further two round brilliant cut diamonds and a pear shaped diamond in similar settings, London hallmarks for 18ct gold 1995, size L (centre), weight 11.5g, cased The ring is in sound condition, but has scuffs and scratches to the mount commensurate with age; the diamonds are all secure, but their deep, gold collet settings make measuring them, colour and clarity assessments extremely difficult. The principal diamond measures approximately 7.7-7.9mm diameter, and 4.65mm deep; it has a white gold upper edge to the collet, colour assessed as approximately J; clarity P3, but no screamingly obvious inclusions to the layman's naked eye; there are a couple of small, loupe-visible nibbles to crown facet edges, one associated with a surface-rising internal fracture, but otherwise the crown facets are clean and sharp-edged. The diamond is a bright stone of impressive size.All the diamonds appear to be well-matched, though the smaller ones - 2 pears and 4 round brilliants - are cleaner, and possibly whiter than the principal stone - though the smaller the stone the more dominating the yellow gold collet.The ring is fully hallmarked, but no maker's mark or sponsor's mark, which is not obligatory.Size L is equivalent to US size 6.Unlike many of these style broad band rings, this one is sufficiently tapered at the back to be comfortable to wear, and sits well on the finger.
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