The antique cherry red lab created ruby ring seen straight on, resting on ivory silk
The emerald cut ruby worn on the hand, glowing deep cherry red
Antique cherry red lab created ruby ring from 1923 in 18K gold, resting on ivory silk
The ring on the hand in soft daylight
The scrolled ribbon shoulders seen up close
The ring in low light, the ruby still glowing
The full suite of Swedish hallmarks inside the band, dating her to 1923
The antique cherry red lab created ruby ring seen straight on, resting on ivory silk
The emerald cut ruby worn on the hand, glowing deep cherry red
Antique cherry red lab created ruby ring from 1923 in 18K gold, resting on ivory silk
The ring on the hand in soft daylight
The scrolled ribbon shoulders seen up close
The ring in low light, the ruby still glowing
The full suite of Swedish hallmarks inside the band, dating her to 1923
The antique cherry red lab created ruby ring seen straight on, resting on ivory silk
The emerald cut ruby worn on the hand, glowing deep cherry red
Antique cherry red lab created ruby ring from 1923 in 18K gold, resting on ivory silk
The ring on the hand in soft daylight
The scrolled ribbon shoulders seen up close
The ring in low light, the ruby still glowing
The full suite of Swedish hallmarks inside the band, dating her to 1923

Antique Cherry Red Lab Created Ruby Ring Size 8.75 US 18K Gold Sweden 1923

Regular price $795.00
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Just wow - an antique cherry red lab created ruby, big and juicy as a ripe summer cherry, set in warm 18K gold in Sweden in 1923. I could not stop looking at her when she landed on my desk.

The stone is a large emerald cut in that deep, glowing cherry red that only the early lab created rubies have. She was grown when the science was still brand new and marvelous - a real ruby in chemistry, structure and hardness, just born in a French flame instead of the ground, and after a century she is a genuine antique in her own right. I have written about these fascinating stones here: Lab-Created Sapphires in Antique Jewelry

She carries her full suite of Swedish hallmarks inside - you can see them in the last photo, crisp as the day they were struck, dating her to 1923. If you love reading those little stamps as much as I do, you can decode every Swedish mark at The Hallmark Society

The shoulders are the sweetest scrolled ribbons of gold, and she weighs around 6.5 grams - very substantial and robust, with that lovely reassuring weight on the finger. She fits like a size 8.75 US - a rare joy for anyone who usually finds antique rings too small.

She is in excellent condition, the stone intact and crisp. You can tell she has been treasured - kept safe like the treasure she is and only worn on special occasions through her century. Full honesty as always: there are marks on one side shoulder. You will not notice them when she is on, and the price is set accordingly.

Please don't wait on this one - a century old cherry like her comes around once.

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