Georgian Rings

Spanning over a century of instability, the Georgian Period was responsible for a rapid historical progression. With current trends always in the forefront of design imitations, Georgian Rings were mounted with shell and hard-stone cameos, foil-backed Rose-cut Diamonds and pearls, matching corundum and emeralds and accentuated with eagles, laurel leaves, arches, acanthus leaves, scrolls, palmettes and Greek Keys. Towards the end of the Georgian period, setters were mounting stones in prongs, elevating them from the hight of the ring, in so doing, bringing light into the stone to add brilliance. This replaced the need to foil-back diamonds resulting in the birth of Old Mine-cut Diamonds, cut with a table, an upper and lower girdle and a culet.