Phenomenal Antique Collet Cluster Ring scarab unstamped but tested (acid and

unstamped but tested (acid and XRF)• Size 6 3/8 and can be resized within two sizes• Face of ring measures 10

marquise cut and tilted on the diagonal within a curving and dipping sprinkling of diamonds

With a shape that tapers across the finger courtesy of custom-cut blue paste (a jewelry term for fancy glass) and flanked with two lines of colourless paste

seen in the first photo at the top right corner of the table

” - The British Museum

Phenomenal Antique Collet Cluster Ring scarab unstamped but tested (acid andThis dazzling Victorian ring stars a cluster of chunky old cut diamonds styled in a halo and like an early predecessor to the daisy style clusters that were so popular at the turn of the century and into the early 20th. With a beautiful silver mount, the face of the ring presents as a wall of diamonds upon your finger. The expertly constructed settings are what's called a cut down collet, with a bezel filed down to leave a fine rim of metal and raised