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

The gold is finely engraved with abstract foliate detailing

375 stamp (later added)

family crest

with lightly tapered band

This example is finely worked

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