Antique Edwardian Opal Ring 18k Gold, Birmingham 1911 engagement James Tassie)

James Tassie)

Two sumptuous amethysts glow at the heart of an abundant silver garden

It carries the weight of history and the poetry of a time when jewelry was deeply symbolic and intensely personal

Both decorative and symbolic

Antique Edwardian Opal Ring 18k Gold, Birmingham 1911 engagement James Tassie)There is a quiet intimacy to a ring like this, a sense that it was made to be worn close, noticed only by those who look carefully. The opal sits low and luminous within its smooth gold setting, its surface alive with shifting greens, blues, and soft flashes of fire that appear and disappear as the hand moves. This is not an opal that shouts. It glows. The gypsy setting gives the ring a grounded, a talisman presence, as though it was meant to be worn