Georgian Black-Dot Paste Flower Ring Size:7.25 The gold is finely engraved

The gold is finely engraved with abstract foliate detailing

A gorgeous Victorian pool-of-light locket dating from the 1880s

family crest

This example is finely worked

They were experimental stones

Georgian Black-Dot Paste Flower Ring Size:7.25 The gold is finely engravedDATE: Georgian, c. 1800 An attractive Georgian flower cluster ring set with an array of "black dot" paste gemstones in silver over a 15k gold foiled dish back. Complete with an ornate gold shank featuring deeply carved oak leaf motifs. The pastes each have a tiny "black dot" painted on the open culet in order to better simulate old cut diamonds. Made at a time when paste gemstones could and would command higher prices than their naturally occurring