{"product_id":"late-18th-century-rose-cut-diamond-cruciform-ring","title":"Late 18th Century Rose Cut Diamond Cruciform Ring","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Seven rose-cut diamonds are arranged in a compact\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecruciform cluster, with a larger central stone and smaller stones radiating outward to form a tiny cross. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe shape reads as decorative first and religious second, but the cruciform arrangement would have been recognizable in the 1780s, when crosses and devotional motifs were still common in personal jewelry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRose cuts are especially beautiful in jewelry from this period because they were designed for candlelight rather than modern electric light: flat-backed, domed stones with triangular facets that give off twinkly planes of sparkle rather than shattered blue flashes. Here they’re set in silver, as diamonds often were, over a gold shank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #888888;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #888888;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMATERIALS: 14k gold (tests), silver, 7 rose cut diamonds (4 2.5mm x 2mm, 2 3mm x 2.7mm, 1 3.5mm x 3mm) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAGE: c. 1780\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION: Very good\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIZE: 7.25, can be slightly resized; 11.2mm head, 2.1mm shank\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52725585117466,"sku":"R3487","price":5500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0156\/5502\/files\/R3487-1.jpg?v=1787787869","url":"https:\/\/checkout.ericaweiner.com\/products\/late-18th-century-rose-cut-diamond-cruciform-ring","provider":"Erica Weiner LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}