Description
A scarce and lovely thing indeed. Barbara Instone, Bernard’s wife, had this design in citrine and it was said to be her favourite ring by Bernard. She was known to wear it often. This example is set with amazonite, which I think works beautifully with the silver and gold detailing. It is a book piece, appearing on page 119 of Tracy Henriksen’s book ” Bernard Instone: Designer and Craftsman the art of a jeweller”. Barbara’s own ring is shown in the image next to it.
The navette-shaped face of the ring is executed in an openwork style, with tiny forget-me-not flowers highlighted in gold. It has a double-band, which was used by many of the Arts and Crafts jewellers of the day. It makes a beautiful statement on the finger, being approx 2.7cm in height.
In particularly pleasing condition, the ring measures as approx UK J.5 (approx US 5). It wears well on the finger, helped by the fact that the stone is bezel-so no claws to snag on clothing. Partial marks for “STERLING SILVER” and it looks as if it has been resized in the past so there certainly would be no issue having it done again in the same place, as it is quite a small size.
I will send in a new gift box as the boxes in the images are for display only. Complimentary international courier or else Special Delivery within the UK. Thank you.
Ref:
