This buff cut blue spinel came along with me for my presentation on World Hallmarks. I talked about how to identify hallmarks on English, French, Russian, Polish, Italian and Early Australian pieces. This one was an example of Polish pieces and one of the characteristics to identify them is that their hallmarks, like Russian pieces of this mid century period, are often on the outside of the band. This piece is made of rich rosey 14ct gold with hallmarks of the helmeted Polish knights head / W / 3. These inclusive hallmarks tell us it is Gold 14ct made in Warsaw 1963-1986 . The luminous synthetic spinel looks so beautiful against the warm rosey gold. I particularly love the floral or wheat details in each shoulder panel and the geometric angles of the ring itsself. Slight wear to spinel but in good condition.
Size W.5
Weight 8.9g
Dimensions 12x9x5mm
Sits 7mm off the finger
Band width 5mm