Another slice of history saved from the scrap heap! This absolutely beautiful ring is by Early Australian company Aronson & Co. It featured their early hallmarks of the flag 9 and the wheat sheath Hallmark. Aronson and Co historically were one of the original founding members in the Victorian Jewellers association (please see advertising pictures) with over 13 pages dedicated to their history in my reference book when some companies only have a small paragraph it's safe to say they were very important. The company took advantage of the gold discoveries in Vic 1851 and built a considerable manufacturing business in the late 1800s and soon had businesses in Melb, London, Queensland, Sydney
This early Australian piece was such an exciting find and house a natural ruby but it was cracked and knowing the history of the c1900 bands I knew I was going to put an Aussie sapphire in its place. The cool bright blues looks stunning against the rosey gold favoured in the early part of the century. My jeweller lovingly reset her and redid the star setting to be more secure and et viola she is ready to live another life! Small join line behind gold panel but no movement or issues.
Size S.5
Weight 2.94g
Dimensions 3x3x2mm
Approx 0.12cts
Band width 9mm
Thickness .5mm
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