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How rare it is to find an early soft paste porcelain platter of this size, 16" X 20". This platter in excellent condition is made by the "Bow" factory circa 1765

Condition: excellent Width: 16 inches, Length: 20 inches

This beautiful Coalport porcelain dessert plate Ca 1810 has a Chinoiserie "tree of life" design.

Condition: excellent Height: 8.5 inches

Bold Newhall floral porcelain oval dish with cobalt background. The dish measures 11" long by 8" wide. There are two available.

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Derby porcelain spill vase in the Brocade pattern, one of the rarest, hardest to find, desirable and beautiful patterns made. The pattern was made for the Persian market of the period, c1810. The vase measures 3 1/2" high by 2 1/4" in diameter.

Substantial and large, stamped 14 karat oval signet ring of bloodstone, nearly .75 inches high, with various maker's marks stamped on the inside of the polished gold band. A substantial signet ring with presence. Can be worn everyday, solidly crafted and durable. The ring is a size 8 and can be resized.

We love this bloodstone Chalcedony signet ring for its unusual decorative shield shape, a copy of a decorative shield that was popular in the 19th century. The shape of this escutcheon (another name for shield) is called "two engrailed top" and refers to the top of the shield with its double scalloped design. The double scallop line references a river or an ocean. The term "engrailed" comes from the Old French word graal, meaning "grail" (cup or chalice). Shield shapes are derived from shie...

Paris in the Belle Époque was a period in the history of the city between the years 1871 to 1914, until the First World War. This period realized the construction of the Eiffel Tower, the Paris Métro, the Paris Opera. The expression Belle Époque means beautiful era and represents an earlier time of optimism, elegance, and progress. Our Belle Epoque ring has 3 large open backed round set gemstones arranged in a North-South pattern on silver, with 6 small square set diamonds flanking the g...

Late 18th century ruby and diamond cluster ring from the Iberian peninsula, with breathtaking cabochon ruby set to a gold octofoil mount set with diamonds. Spanish or Portuguese in origin. The cabochon ruby inside border and octofoil mount borders have a hand crimped edge, a detail which shows the intricate hand gold-work and the age of the ring. Small cushion cut diamonds are set within each of the 8 round gold clusters that radiate about the cabochon ruby. We love this ring for its dist...

We love this 15K double snake ring cleverly set with two sparkling round diamond gemstones set securely in a carved bordered diamond shape on the snake's head. Note the curves on the intertwined snake, the intricate way the gold bands weave together when viewed even from the back, the way the snake's tail curves just so around the neck, the gold work hinting at the rough texture of the snake's skin. This ring is all about the details. The ring is a US size 7 ½, resizeable.

Our 18K snake ring is studded with a round diamond on its head and is crafted of a rich yellow gold. The richness of the gold-work is a feature of this ring. Note how the goldsmith cleverly weaved the gold tail so it comes up just so around the snake's head. The snake's body is delicately incised to suggest the texture of snakeskin. The stylized eyes set in short cylinders of gold; each house a small circular diamond, securely embedded within. Snake rings became popular in England when Quee...

If you are in search of a fabulous snake ring for an engagement or special anniversary gift, look no further. Our early Victorian snake ring is layered with 5 antique rose diamonds in a graduated formation with the largest diamond in the middle and rubies for eyes. The contrast of the rose diamonds against the deep red ruby eyes is fetching. This particular goldsmith clearly had an enduring sense of humor, as shown by the amazing details in this ring: the gold forked tongue, deeply etch...

Solid and chunky 18K antique quadruple banded Victorian snake ring hallmarked for London in 1902. The snake has a friendly smile and sweet derpy face and stylized gold eyes, all details showing the creativity of the goldsmith who would have fabricated the ring by hand almost likely never having encountered a real snake. Snakes were a symbol of eternal love and friendship and were popularized by Queen Victoria during her reign in the 19th century. Snake rings were worn equally by both men and wo...

Substantial and solid 18K antique triple banded Victorian snake ring set with 2 diamonds as the snake's eyes, lightly engraved scale marks at the top of the head, a curving tail and friendly smile. All the things we look for in a snake ring!

Romantic 15K gold "Regard" ring set with a Ruby, Emerald, Garnet, Amethyst, Ruby and Diamond. The first letters of the stones spell the word "regard" using the first letter of each stone. Hence 'r'uby, 'e'merald, 'g'arnet, 'a'methyst, 'r'uby and 'd'iamond. Acrostic rings that spell out romantic sentiments were very much a Victorian construct and among the charming features of the period. We love the large stones on this regard ring and the gold details around the stones, such as the small b...

This circa 1860 15K early Victorian Regard ring with 5 stones set in radially around the face in a forget-me-not, the first letter of which spell out the word "Regard": Ruby-emerald-garnet-amethyst-ruby-diamond, is what is known as Victorian sentimental jewelry. Our ring has gold milgrain around the border, a lovely feature and old mine cut stones. The model photo shows our Victorian Regard flower cluster ring with a Victorian "ADORE" ring, also available through 1st Dibs, LU25123685652. The ...

Diamond Emerald Amethyst Ruby Emerald Sapphire Tourmaline spells out DEAREST. These are the gemstones in our charming flower cluster ring, marked 18C on the inside band. The letter d references the center diamond and each gem spells out DEAREST in a radial formation with the next letter, the e, the emerald and clockwise about the cluster and ending with tourmaline. How the Victorians thought up these wonderfully sentimental and romantic ideas, we will never know. But fortunately for us, V...

Victorian five stone ADORE ring which spells out the first letter of each gemstone in the following linear pattern: Amethyst-Diamond-Opal-Ruby-Emerald. message ring similar to REGARD and DEAREST rings, ADORE rings were romantic message rings that conveyed a personal message of eternal love to the wearer. The Victorians were all about romance and sentimentality and band rings which spelled out romantic words in gemstones, were immensely popular. Our ring is hallmarked for the Chester guild in...