Victorian 0.47ct No-Heat Burma Ruby with Diamond Cluster Mount New glassmakers from the Middle East

glassmakers from the Middle East and Byzantium joined the Venetians on Murano island

It's modelled in 9 karat rose gold and will have originally have been used as a bracelet clasp (the top part opens up)

(Christ is Risen) on the other

This remarkable Victorian locket features a spray of hawthorn flowers and leaves

it comprises a sterling silver band tied into an infinity "aka lover's knot" at the head

Victorian 0.47ct No-Heat Burma Ruby with Diamond Cluster Mount New glassmakers from the Middle EastDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 Stunning antique ruby certified as no heat Burma origin. It's an oval mixed cut, 0. 47 carats, free from visible inclusions, and with the added bonus of an old cut diamond cluster mount (swipe to see it). So what's going on here? Here's my best educated guess: the stone's been popped out of it's original mount for at the gem lab for accurate certification. It's likely to have been mounted up with the diamonds during the latter