from horseshoe for luck to hearts and birds for love
and because religion was such a deep part of European and British life
shifting hues of an opal sea
this antique ruby and diamond ring features 32 natural rubies weighing approximately 0
The scent of cedar and sugar lingered as he passed by her
Edwardian Platinum Old European Cut Diamond Cluster Engagement Ring, c. 1915 costume from horseshoe for luck toThere is a moment, quiet, breath held, electric, when a question asked in love meets its answer. I imagine this ring at the center of such a moment in Edwardian England: a winter afternoon, pale sunlight filtering through mullioned windows, a young woman turning toward the man she has waited for a moment longer than propriety would admit. He offers her a small leather box; inside, this extraordinary cluster of fire and lightsimple in form,