Cheerful Antique Ruby and Opal Ring 8.5 easily shortened• 1

easily shortened• 1

The buckle motif was popular in Georgian and Victorian jewelry

Very good estate condition with wear in line with age and use

• 14k yellow gold posts and backings (posts are not stamped

Cheerful Antique Ruby and Opal Ring 8.5 easily shortened• 1While opals had been known and admired since around 4000 BCE and written about effusively through the Roman empire, it wasn't until the best quality stones were found in Australia in the 1860s that they truly began to boom in popularity. Queen Victorian was a known lover of opal, and this late Victorian ring would have been as coveted when it was new as it is now. Interspaced with bright pink rubies that draw out the warm pink and orange hues that