An Elegant Art Nouveau Floral Ring

This antique Russian ladies ring was made in St Petersburg between 1904 and 1908.

The ring is crafted in rose gold and set with a beautiful pear shaped spinel (approximately 0.37 ct), two old mine cut and twenty rose cut diamonds with an approximate total weight of 0.45 ct.

Height 15/16 in. (24 mm)

US ring size 8 (inner diameter 18 mm)

The ring is marked with 56 zolotniks, an old Russian gold standard (14K-583) with assayer’s initials ‘AP’ for St Petersburg assay headmaster Alexander Romanov (1904-1908), and maker’s initials ‘OB’.