Quince Ring

Edit: A gemstone identification edit. This has been evaluated by Jessie English and the gemstone is a spessartite garnet. Pricing has not been adjusted due to the former error of it misidentified as a citrine. 

A personal collection release. An effete piece, she commands her tangerine center first before you notice the rest of her details. She’s surrounded by bitty pearls protected in a crimped setting. On her shoulders are engraved dimensional flowers that have curled suspended stems, each reaching out independently.

Quince is a Georgian ring with proof of being cherished over time. A historian had evaluated this piece and have determined that her floral engraving shoulders were deliberately placed in and not original to this piece. These molded flowers were added during antiquity, perhaps a historical repair on a break that had occurred. Or maybe showing some advanced fashionable changes, as the Victorian ages really started to bring out floral details around then.

The ring may have represented a somber occasion. Her foil back spessartite brings an optimistic and hopeful look. I wholeheartedly recommend wearing her on a night out reenacting those evening candle lit moments over a century ago.  

Spessartine or spessartite is named after the Spessart mountains in Germany right around the 1830s. It was not until the mines in Nambian and Nigeria where people started to understand and value these stones. It's still highly unknown gemstone today. Take advantage of a jewelry item created right when the stone was discovered, there's not much of these stones around, especially in antique form and as old as this. 

This was an intriguing gem identification review! Jessie took one look and thought the crystal formation was unusual and didn't appear to be a citrine. The inclusions and the refractive index has confirmed this to be the spessartite garnet.  

Specification

Ring size 7.5

9k gold 

Georgian era 

Spessartite garnet foil back gem

Natural pearl seed halo 

Care

Advanced

Clean 

Advanced 

Condition

Seed pearls have cherished wear. One pearl appears to have a fracture, is still well contained in her setting. Citrine also has surface wear.