Antique Georgian Marquis Ring with Bristol Glass and Diamond middle age The brooch is 9 mm

The brooch is 9 mm thick including the pin stem

The garnets

Bright turquoise blue and green enamel encircle green flowers with a white

its polished curves catching the light like water slipping over stones

in the sunny window of my friend Lenore’s shop was hanging this most amazing Plique-á-jour pendant

Antique Georgian Marquis Ring with Bristol Glass and Diamond middle age The brooch is 9 mmSome jewels feel like signposts from another lifetime, and this extraordinary antique Georgian ring is one of them. It looks as though it once belonged to someone who attended masked balls by candlelight and kept love letters tied with silk ribbon. Its face is a deep, impossible blue, the rich cobalt Bristol glass domed like a miniature pond at midnight. Floating at its center is a tiny silver urn set with diamonds, a motif drawn directly from mid