Many people ask what is most important when learning about or considering a purchase of a piece of antique jewelry.

In most cases, it is encouraged to buy what you adore most. But also paramount to consider rarity, authenticity, and condition, condition, condition. These combine to equate to long term value.

In this ring, you have it all. It is a guaranteed authentic pansy motif ring; highly collectible, poetic, and scarce.

Most that you find are either reproduced, or the gemstones are damaged or replaced.

Many aficionados of antique jewelry know the meaning behind the pansy theme. In French, the word for “thinking about”, is pensez which sounds like pansy. Thus, these were always tokens of affection or love between family, lovers, and friends.

Details
Two pear cut amethysts
One pear cut garnet
Two pearl cut chrysoberyls
One round faceted ruby
15k yellow gold
English
Circa 1850