This ruby heart engagement ring with a cabochon heart ruby and diamonds from an estate is crafted in solid 18k yellow gold, weighing 8,6g and measuring 9mm long and 8.5mm deep. This lavishly detailed and romantically symbolic ruby heart engagement ring carefully mounted with a memorable shaped heart ruby cabochon, represents a unique token of love. This ring is the personification of the tenderness and passion eloquently inspired by separation, best remembered in the beautiful poems and inscriptions of foregoing centuries. Designed by his aching heart for the object of his desire, this passionate blood-red ruby speaks volumes that somehow leave the tongue when most eagerly sought. Incorporating a diamond-encrusted ovular plaque, this one of a kind engagement ring is centered with a heart-stopping, significantly sized heart-shaped cabochon ruby measuring 9mm long and 8.5mm wide. This lively and vivacious, romantically shaped center stone is accurately graded a most desirable 'pigeon-blood' color and 'good' clarity. It is noteworthy to know that if the weak of heart search deep inside this blood-red ruby, a single 'kiss' gifted by bisecting internal-inclusions landed to remind you of the passion shared by you and your loved one! The enticing ruby and diamond enriched ovular plaque is exposed atop an openwork curvilinear gallery adorned with ten alluring independent collets mounted with full-cut diamonds. Meticulously designed, openwork shoulders of substantial width depict diamond-encrusted 'tulips' within sensual scrolls. This exquisite ruby engagement ring is cumulatively adorned with exactly 1.00ct of full-cut diamond graded H color and VS1 clarity, features immaculate mille grain applications throughout and concludes with a tapering yellow gold band and sizable shank.

History has witnessed innumerable ways of conveying what is undoubtedly the strongest of human emotions, and the world’s greatest poets have provided us with memorable poems of love in all guises and aspects, at all times and in many places. In his 'April Love', Lord Lytellton asked his heart 'if this be love?'; William Wordswoth described his love as a 'phantom of delight…a perfect woman with something of an angel-light'; William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett, her husband Robert Browning and innumerable other great poets also left us their overwhelmingly romantic heritage from which to cite for many generations.

The artists of the past enriched the language of poetry by adding 'symbols' as means of conveying romantic feelings. Jewelers of the 12th century found inspiration in the modest yet romantic rings handcrafted by Germanic tribes, depicting a heart engraved in non-precious metals, and centuries of evolution resulted in the introduction of sophisticated heart-motif rings frequently commissioned by courtly circles in France and England. An 18th century English betrothal ring with a most precious sapphire bore the following inscription engraved in Old English:

'My heart is rejoiced for I feel, I could not have chosen better..'

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