AN ANTIQUE ALEXANDRITE AND ENAMEL RING
AN ANTIQUE ALEXANDRITE AND ENAMEL RING

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AN ANTIQUE ALEXANDRITE AND ENAMEL RING
Set with a square-shaped alexandrite to the lavender enamel tapered gold band, circa 1890, ring size 8, with St Petersburg assay mark for 22 carat gold (1908-1917), in a fitted red leather case

拍品专文

This ring is set with an alexandrite, marks this as a quintessentially Russian jewel. The gem was discovered in the Ural Mountains in the early 1930s, purportedly on the day of the coming of age of the young Tsarevitch Alexander II, and was so named in his honour. These original Russian deposits were the first locality for this rare colour-changing stone, and although they only produced for a few, short-lived years, gained a long-term reputation.