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| Giardinetti Ring 1730-1760 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
Since the weather, for most of us, has turned chilly, I thought that today we should look at objects which brought to mind the colors and warmth of spring. What better than a giardinetti (little garden) ring? Such jewels were quite fashionable during the first three quarters of the Eighteenth Century.
This one, made somewhere in Europe between 1730 and 1760, boasts a gold openwork bezel styled as a flower. The ring is set with a table-cut yellow diamond surrounded by rubies and emeralds. Chased scrolling adorns the openwork shoulders—each of which is set with a twinkling brilliant-cut diamond.
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