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Find Out MoreA beautiful 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold bangle with a history! Engraved around the back is “Presented to Miss Margaret Stewart Sandeman from Wellwishers Tenants and Employees of the Family on the occasion of her marriage, Stanley, 22nd Oct, 1890” It is always a lovely surprise to find original pieces of jewellery with literally all their history recorded on the item as with this bangle. What an amazing gift from the tenants on the Scottish estate in 1890. It has a line of old mine cutAn 18th, 19th and early 20th century diamond shape, typically cushion or asymmetrical, marked by a small table, a high crown and a large culet. Culets are the small flat facets at the bottom of a stone which appear to the untrained eye as a hole in the middle of the stone. Before the advent of modern machinery which allows for the precise faceting we see tod... diamonds set in diamondA precious, lustrous gemstone made of highly compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to mankind. Colours of diamonds range from colourless, yellow, orange and brown to almost black. Natural coloured (or ‘fancy’) diamonds can be extremely rare. The cut, colour, clarity and carat weight of a diamond are the criteria jewellers use... shaped settings across the top with naturalA natural stone is called such because it has not been subjected to any treatments. split pearls within gold settings on either side. In between are open circular gold ribbed wires with further gold details along the central bandA type of ring which is an equal width all the way round. They are traditionally used for wedding rings.
. It is in fabulous condition and looks wonderful when worn as I am sure it did all those years ago when Margaret was presented with it.
Buying antique jewellery is both ethical and eco-friendly as harmful and destructive mining processes are not needed to make an item yours. So give yourself a pat on the back!
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