Georgian Black-Dot Paste Flower Ring Size:7.25 The gold is finely engraved

The gold is finely engraved with abstract foliate detailing

family crest

although the workmaster’s mark is unclear

it dates from the turn of the 20th century

using it to transform the Titan Atlas into stone (where he still stands in North Africa as the Atlas Mountains)

Georgian Black-Dot Paste Flower Ring Size:7.25 The gold is finely engravedDATE: Georgian, c. 1800 An attractive Georgian flower cluster ring set with an array of "black dot" paste gemstones in silver over a 15k gold foiled dish back. Complete with an ornate gold shank featuring deeply carved oak leaf motifs. The pastes each have a tiny "black dot" painted on the open culet in order to better simulate old cut diamonds. Made at a time when paste gemstones could and would command higher prices than their naturally occurring