Edwardian Platinum, Certified Natural Black Saltwater Pearl Solitaire Ring feed-condition-used but different temperatures and pressures

but different temperatures and pressures in the earth cause different colours

which is suspended from two smaller diamonds - all with millegrain settings

These cufflinks are nearly three hundred years old - yet

This bracelet fools most people into thinking it is set with diamonds and sapphires

Edwardian Platinum, Certified Natural Black Saltwater Pearl Solitaire Ring feed-condition-used but different temperatures and pressuresThis ring is a marvellously stylish example of fine Edwardian jewellery. Natural black saltwater pearls are highly prized, and this ring brings to mind Zuleika Dobson in Max Beerbohm's 1911 satire of undergraduate life at Oxford. Zuleika famously had a black pearl that turned white, which confused and bewitched the Duke who witnessed it! This pearl comes with a gemmological certification dated 17 11 23 stating it is an iridescent grey black button