Hancocks

0.57ct 'Pigeon's Blood' Ruby Gypsy Set Ring in 18ct Rose Gold

A handcrafted 'Pigeon's Blood' ruby and 18ct rose gold gypsy set ring by Hancocks. In the centre of the ring is a natural, unheated 0.57ct oval cut Burmese ruby, set flush in the gypsy style setting in 18ct rose gold with a satin finish, rounded profile and slight taper towards the reverse.

£9,950.00
Loading...

Information

Maker
Hancocks
Origin
London
Period
Contemporary
Gemstone
0.57ct Oval cut unheated 'Pigeon Blood' Burmese Ruby - with certificate
Setting
18ct rose gold
Dimensions
K finger size Q 1/2, US size 8.5 (Can be made in any size) Centre front: 7.3mm Centre back: 4.2mm
Weight Description
11.4 grams
REF
127948

Director’s Notes

Historically, the term ‘pigeon’s blood’ has been used to describe the most beautiful and coveted colour for rubies, allegedly due to its similarity in colour to the blood of a pigeon. Opinions differ as to the exact origin of the term with some saying it came from the Burmese, others that it was first used by the Chinese who had previously owned the area where the Burmese ruby mines were discovered and yet others sighting it as having Hindustani origins where lapidaries compared the colour to the blood red of a pigeon’s eye. Whatever the truth, one thing everyone agreed on is that only rubies of the finest vivid red colour with deep saturation and which showed a soft red fluorescence in daylight were referred to this way. Today rubies from both Burma and Mozambique can show this coveted colour and be certified as such.

About The Maker

Hancocks

Within the archives of the London jewellers Hancocks, there exists the most extraordinary book.  Large, heavy and showing distinct signs of age it is filled with page after page of diary entries documenting almost one hundred and twenty years of not only company history but social history as well.