Edwardian Platinum Old European Cut Diamond Cluster Engagement Ring, c. 1915 Designer This antique Art Nouveau ruby

This antique Art Nouveau ruby and diamond dragonfly brooch was handcrafted in France around 1900

These delicate earrings sway gently

A jewel like this would probably have been worn originally by just such a lady in her half-mourning phase

With its captivating design and impeccable craftsmanship

a gem so bold

Edwardian Platinum Old European Cut Diamond Cluster Engagement Ring, c. 1915 Designer This antique Art Nouveau rubyThere is a moment, quiet, breath held, electric, when a question asked in love meets its answer. I imagine this ring at the center of such a moment in Edwardian England: a winter afternoon, pale sunlight filtering through mullioned windows, a young woman turning toward the man she has waited for a moment longer than propriety would admit. He offers her a small leather box; inside, this extraordinary cluster of fire and lightsimple in form,