{"product_id":"antique-cherry-red-lab-created-ruby-ring-size-8-75-us-18k-gold-sweden-1923","title":"Antique Cherry Red Lab Created Ruby Ring Size 8.75 US 18K Gold Sweden 1923","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.oldmineshop.com\/blogs\/journal\/lab-created-sapphires-in-antique-jewelry\"\u003eLab-Created Sapphires in Antique Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe 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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hallmarksociety.com\/hallmarks\/sweden\"\u003eThe Hallmark Society\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease don't wait on this one - a century old cherry like her comes around once.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oldmine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60414201626958,"sku":"AUC-5271138","price":795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1050\/3775\/8798\/files\/b602b45182ec59ac536d85e409149af5.jpg?v=1787999002","url":"https:\/\/oldmineshop.com\/products\/antique-cherry-red-lab-created-ruby-ring-size-8-75-us-18k-gold-sweden-1923","provider":"Oldmine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}