Album: CEYLON SAPPHIRE (5 carats) Edwardian Platinum Ring with fifty-six diamonds and four calibre cut accent sapphires

Circa 1915-20

Album: SIX CARATS EXTRA FINE NATURAL RED SPINEL (historically called "Balas Ruby", the gem that made ruby famous)

Nearly all the famous rubies through history were actually natural fine red spinel. This one is of rare size – rare brilliance & quality -- with subadamantine (near diamond) lustre

Album: VIVID BLUE SAPPHIRES & DIAMOND Antique Cluster Ring

Circa 1900; seven gems total .95 carat

Album: 18K "SCROLLS & FLOWERHEADS" Retro Rose Gold Gem-Set Ring

Lab Rubies & Lab Spinel, 1940's, hand-fabricated

Album: 9/10 CARAT "Old Mine"/Old European Cut Diamond

in Platinum, 1920's

Album: JADEITE JADE, certificated natural & untreated

5.17 carats surrounded by 1/2 carat diamonds

Album: 1920's ART DECO 1.48 carats DIAMONDS IN PLATINUM

1.08 carat center plus 16 accent diamonds

Album: FLOWERY DOME BOUQUET, emeralds and pearls, 18k yellow gold

mid-century, circa 1960's-70's

Album: "DIAGONAL CENTER, RIBBON CURLS" twelve diamonds ring

Deco/Retro, circa 1935, with "moi et toi" center pair of diamonds

Album: ART DECO .96 CARAT SOLITAIRE diamond ring

in pierced openwork white gold, with yellow gold accents

Album: 3/4 CARAT DIAMOND SOLITAIRE in 6 prongs

14k white gold, Hawaii provenance

Album: RUBY 2 CARATS in antique Georgian "Halo" of Rose Cut Diamonds Ring

18k, circa 1790-1820

Album: ART NOUVEAU 18k Diamond & Ruby Ring

in the Renaissance Revival / Pre-Raphaelite manner

Album: Navette-top Ring of 23 Diamonds (2.85 carats)

18k Ring, circa 1890-1900

Album: 1920's ART DECO DIAMONDS IN PLATINUM band

20 diamonds, original engraved patterning, size 5-1/2

Album: LAPIS LAZULI Rose Gold 14K Ring, hallmarks for Vienna, Austria

vivid dark blue with well-distributed sparkling pyrite, characteristic of the finest Russian-Siberian material

Album: "ROUND-IN-SQUARE" Five Diamonds band ring

Art Deco, 18k white gold

Album: 1949 U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY RUBY AND DIAMONDS "SWEETHEART" RING

BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE, 14k yellow gold and platinum