Auction: Discovery - 2438Location: BoltonDate / Time: December 17, 2008 2:00PM
Description:
Jeweler-designed Multiple Gemstone "Planet" Ring, William de Silva, Kandy, Ceylon, 1959, the hand-worked 18kt gold dome setting with pierced scrollwork shoulders supporting a central prong-set oval-cut sapphire surrounded clockwise by one bezel-set stone each of emerald, king topaz, cat's-eye, ruby, diamond, citrine, pearl, and yellow sapphire, each representing astronomical elements or bodies, the underside of the dome featuring a sun head, size 6.
Estimate $250-350
Supporting bill of sale accompanies the lot.
Sapphire is a doublet.