Art Deco Demantoid Garnet & Diamond Clover Ring tiffany & co Birmingham assay office

Birmingham assay office

A rather special Victorian celestial brooch with a five-pointed star inside an elongated crescent moon

and it's crafted in 15 karat gold

Paste gemstones (violet stones foil backed)

and mounted in a substantial 15k gold ring with hallmarks dating it to the year 1873

Art Deco Demantoid Garnet & Diamond Clover Ring tiffany & co Birmingham assay officeDATE: Art Deco, 1931 Charming Art Deco clover cluster ring set with demantoid garnets in the leaves, and diamonds at the centre and stalk. Clear Birmingham hallmarks for 9k gold date it to the year 1931; it's beautifully made with stones set in platinum and fine millegrain edges around the garnets. Demantoid garnets (aka green garnets or Uralian emeralds) were discovered in 1868 when miners in the Russian Ural Mountains found an alluvial deposit