1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details
1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details

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1930s Art Moderne 18k 0.44 CTW Transitional Cut Diamond Engagement Ring with Pierced Details

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General Information:

  • US Size: 6.75 and sizable by your jeweler post-purchase if so needed
  • Total Carat Weight: 0.44 ctw
  • Total Precious Metal Weight: 1.16 dwt
  • Precious Metal Material: The lower half of the shank tests for 14k white gold and the rest of the ring tests for 18k white gold. This indicates that the ring may have been reshanked at some point in its history, prior to its procurement by this shop.
  • Dimensions: The face of this ring measures about 5.04 mm north to south, rises 4.55 mm from the finger and tapers to about 1.44 mm at the base of the shank. Its smooth and gradual tapering silhouette, as well as its chic finger-hugging profile allow it to pair and stack well with other rings and bands.
  • Weight: A very comfortable 1.81 grams
  • Markings: Unmarked
  • Era: This ring dates to the late 1930s, at the height of the Art Moderne movement as it evolved into the Pre-World War II and Pre-Mid Century period. Its stylistic characteristics, including its squared primary mounting, the carefully proportioned geometries, low profile practicality and refined feminine sensibility are design tenets of the Moderne movement.
  • Buyer Notes: This ring is nearly a century old, and proudly bears the marks of time and loving wear throughout: there is a nick in the girdle of the center diamond, and the pierced shoulders and the north and south lattice-like galleries are wonderfully imperfect. These areas of 'fretwork' show ever so subtle variances from one to the next. All such idiosyncrasies are exactly what antique lovers and history buffs cherish in jewels of this age, as every one is represents lifetimes of memories and stories.

Specifications:

  • Center Stone Type: Diamond
  • Center Stone Count: One (1)
  • Center Stone Carat Weight:  0.40 ct by formula per the specific gravity of diamond and using the dimensions provided.
  • Center Stone Dimensions: ~4.70 mm diameter, as measured within the setting as the mounting permits
  • Center Stone Shape: This stone was sold to the shop as Old European Cut. However, upon arrival and inspection, it is actually believed to be a Transitional Cut (the GIA classifies this cut as a Circular Brilliant cut). Please read more about this unique faceting type below.
  • Center Stone Color:  I-J
  • Center Stone Clarity: VS1-VS2
  • Side Stone Type: Diamond
  • Side Stone Count: Two (2)
  • Side Stone Carat Weight: 0.04 ctw; 0.02 ct ea.
  • Side Stone Dimensions: Approx. 1.75 mm
  • Side Stone Shape: Antique Single Cut
  • Side Stone Color:  H-I
  • Side Stone Clarity: One stone is VS1-VS2 and one is SI1-SI2

The Story:

The featured diamond is of superior quality, and its color and clarity are intensely desirable to collectors and make this ring an ideal investment piece. Both Old European and Transitional cuts are becoming more and more difficult to find, as many are either being purchased by collectors and/or repurposed or recut by machine into other, contemporary jewelries. This diamond is classified as a Transitional Cut (classified by the GIA as an early Circular Brilliant Cut), and to find an old cut that is this lovely is incredibly rare, and highly sought after.

This diamond's cut represents a very, very brief window of time between the late 1920s and the early 1930s (please be aware that this time range is sometimes debated) when diamond cutters began transitioning from the chunky height of Old European Cut diamonds of the 1890s-1910s to the lower-profile/sleeker spread of Modern Round Brilliant Cut diamonds of the 1940s through today. This diamond is one that survived this sliver of time that was so extremely pivotal to jewelry history. It boasts the chunkiness that is coveted of antique hand-faceted diamonds, in which every facet is broad and wide in geometry creating a dazzling flash that modern stone cuts simply do not possess.

On calculating the carat weight: This ring was sold to the shop as being between 0.35 and 0.37 ct. However, this estimations are low and incorrect because it was calculated according to the formula for Modern Round Brilliant (MRB) cut diamonds, and using the spread of the diamond (how wide it measures head-on) to determine a corresponding carat weight. The MRB formula is perfectly appropriate for modern diamond cuts, produced from the late 1940s/1950s, on. But, the MRB formula does not take into consideration the substantial heft of the faceting system of historic Transitional/Early Circular Brilliant diamonds-- of which this diamond is one.

Therefore, we calculate this diamond using the historic formula which takes into consideration the proportions and ratios of historic cuts, including the somewhat proportionately smaller table, the medium culet at the base of the diamond, the pavilion's length of 65% or smaller and the internal star length of 50% or smaller. Using the historic-- and inherently more appropriate-- formula, we estimate that this center diamond is actually between 0.40 and 0.41 carat weight. Given the math, we have opted to list this diamond at its conservative weight estimation of 0.40 carats.

Please kindly keep in mind that different jewelers, different dealers and different appraisers vary in the formula they use to determine the carat weight of a diamond. In order to provide our shoppers with the truest carat weight that we can, we use the most appropriate formula according to the exact cut of the stone present.

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