This vintage heart filigree engagement ring with diamonds is crafted in solid 18k white gold, weighs 1.8g and measures 7mm wide and 6mm deep. In distinguished, alluringly feminine period design, this delicate vintage 1930's engagement ring exposes a 0.20ct European-cut diamond old mine-cut diamond graded 'very light yellow'(Q) color and VS1 clarity mounted within a delicate octahedral setting. An exquisitely crafted filigree gallery embellished with enticing filigree heart gallery florets and highly decorative lace-like silhouettes adds an enriching element to the aesthetic composition of this ornate vintage filigree engagement ring, extending to substantial tapering shoulders accentuated by delicate fauna-motif engravings. This alluring vintage filigree engagement ring concludes with a spherical white gold band and an easily sizable shank.

The term 'filigree' denotes a decorative openwork piercing technique in which patterns are made of wires, often soldered to a background in a precise, time-consuming, and costly process. Filigree work was familiar to Europe for centuries and reached its highest popularity in the 1830's. London and Paris jewelers possibly acquired their inspirations from Portugal or North Africa where filigree had been a common goldsmith technique along the Mediterranean coast. European and American manufacturers started mass production of filigree in the 1930's by cutting patterns out of stamped metal sheets. The piercing, however, had to be done by hand and was therefore labor intensive and expensive. Today, it is only the Italians, the Chinese and a few others who continue hand-producing intricate designs, making filigree boxes and rosary beads in addition to jewelry.

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