A Sapphire and Diamond Lost Treasure
This beautiful Edwardian nine carat gold ring featuring four very dark blue brilliant cut sapphires and four brilliant cut diamonds set in platinum has a story of lost treasure to tell. This ring was found on the inside ledge of an old 1920s wood burning stove flue in an Edwardian house that a friend of mine bought. He and his partner were renovating and were cleaning out the flue (messy work) when he felt it on the thin ledge and withdrew it much to his surprise. It was filthy, but with a little bit of gentle washing, the ash, soot and grime of decades was swept away to reveal this pretty Edwardian cluster ring! Neither he, nor his partner wear a great deal of jewellery, and certainly not rings, yet they held onto it. This discovery was made long before we were friends, and when I heard the story of the ring, I offered to see if I could identify the age of the ring, the style and the stones, as he and his partner were not sure of any of these things, except perhaps that it contained diamonds. After I gave them the information about it, I also told them in a passing remark that sapphires are my birth stone. They gave me this ring for my next birthday as a thank you for telling them what I could about it. They knew I wear rings, and love antique jewellery, so they felt it was better in, or perhaps more aptly, on my hands, being loved, worn and shown off, rather than sitting in a drawer where it may well have become a lost treasure again! This ring has subsequently been worn to many theatre shows and special occasions, and they were right. I do love it. So it is a lost treasure that has been found!
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a monthly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme, or a selection of themes to choose from or combine is provided on the 5th of every month, and the image is to be posted on the 5th of the following month.
The themes for February are “lost treasures”, “on a tabletop” and “old gold”.
This ring successfully covers all three of the themes in one. You have read its story above, so it is definitely a lost treasure having been discovered up a chimney flue. I photographed it on a tabletop, on some old gold brocade, and it is made of old gold. I hope that you like it.
A Sapphire and Diamond Lost Treasure
This beautiful Edwardian nine carat gold ring featuring four very dark blue brilliant cut sapphires and four brilliant cut diamonds set in platinum has a story of lost treasure to tell. This ring was found on the inside ledge of an old 1920s wood burning stove flue in an Edwardian house that a friend of mine bought. He and his partner were renovating and were cleaning out the flue (messy work) when he felt it on the thin ledge and withdrew it much to his surprise. It was filthy, but with a little bit of gentle washing, the ash, soot and grime of decades was swept away to reveal this pretty Edwardian cluster ring! Neither he, nor his partner wear a great deal of jewellery, and certainly not rings, yet they held onto it. This discovery was made long before we were friends, and when I heard the story of the ring, I offered to see if I could identify the age of the ring, the style and the stones, as he and his partner were not sure of any of these things, except perhaps that it contained diamonds. After I gave them the information about it, I also told them in a passing remark that sapphires are my birth stone. They gave me this ring for my next birthday as a thank you for telling them what I could about it. They knew I wear rings, and love antique jewellery, so they felt it was better in, or perhaps more aptly, on my hands, being loved, worn and shown off, rather than sitting in a drawer where it may well have become a lost treasure again! This ring has subsequently been worn to many theatre shows and special occasions, and they were right. I do love it. So it is a lost treasure that has been found!
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a monthly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme, or a selection of themes to choose from or combine is provided on the 5th of every month, and the image is to be posted on the 5th of the following month.
The themes for February are “lost treasures”, “on a tabletop” and “old gold”.
This ring successfully covers all three of the themes in one. You have read its story above, so it is definitely a lost treasure having been discovered up a chimney flue. I photographed it on a tabletop, on some old gold brocade, and it is made of old gold. I hope that you like it.