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A rose gold ring with an ornate filigree design and a round light blue moonstone, resting on a textured sage green surface.
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  • A rose gold ring with an ornate filigree design and a round light blue moonstone, resting on a textured sage green surface.
  • A rose gold ring with an ornate filigree design and a round light blue moonstone, resting on a textured sage green surface.
  • A rose gold ring with an ornate filigree design and a round light blue moonstone, resting on the corner of a light green vintage book.
  • Signed Victorian Moonstone Crystal Ball Ring
  • A rose gold ring with an ornate filigree design and a round light blue moonstone, resting on a textured sage green surface.
  • A rose gold ring with an ornate filigree design and a round light blue moonstone, resting on a textured sage green surface.
  • A rose gold ring with an ornate filigree design and a round light blue moonstone, resting on the corner of a light green vintage book.
  • Signed Victorian Moonstone Crystal Ball Ring
Signed Victorian Moonstone Crystal Ball Ring

Signed Victorian Moonstone Crystal Ball Ring

$665.00
$665.00

Riverine

Boston, 1896. The Ripley-Howland Manufacturing Company sets a luminous 5mm moonstone orb into a delicate 10k rose gold band. The moonstone catches light like a tiny full moon, its adularescence shifting with every movement of the hand. Over a century old and still in very good condition, take this crystal ball with you wherever you roam.

 

OBJECT RECORD

Era

Victorian

Materials

10k rose gold

5mm moonstone orb
Origin

Ripley-Howland Mfg. Co., c. 1896, Boston, MA
Condition

Very good; light scratches and tarnish commensurate with age
Dimensions

4mm head, 2mm shank
Ring Size

4.75
Hallmarks

Maker's mark

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