Hancocks
0.60ct Pigeon's Blood Burmese Ruby & Diamond Cluster Ring
A Burmese ruby and diamond cluster ring by Hancocks. The handcrafted ring is centred with a 0.60ct oval cut 'Pigeon's blood' unheated Burmese ruby set with 18ct rose gold double claws and within a cluster surround of old European brilliant cut diamonds in a platinum partial rubover setting with scalloped edge. The 18ct rose gold band has a square profile and signature hand engraved decorative detailing and millegraining.
£12,750.00
Information
Maker
Hancocks
Origin
London
Period
Contemporary
Gemstone
0.60ct oval cut unheated Burmese Pigeon's blood ruby - with certificate
10 x old European brilliant cut diamonds, total weight 0.25ct
Setting
18ct rose gold and platinum
Dimensions
UK finger size L, US size 5.75 (can be adjusted to any size)
Weight Description
4.1 grams
REF
128228
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 citing 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.
