Georgian Grand Tour Coral Necklace guard chain A wonderful antique cluster ring

A wonderful antique cluster ring with quatrefoil-shaped head encrusted with old single cut diamonds around a central blue sapphire

It's crafted in 15 karat gold with clear English hallmarks dating it to 1881

with millegrain detailing to the shoulders and main two stones in eight claw mounts

6cm (including bail)

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Georgian Grand Tour Coral Necklace guard chain A wonderful antique cluster ringDATE: Georgian, c. 1810 Incredible Georgian necklace hand carved orange coral beads of varying sizes and shapes. Of particular interest are the weird sort of pulley shaped ones paired together I have it on good authority (@ericaweiner) that these odd double ended shapes (there's presumably a name for them, but I'm unfamiliar) hark back to ancient Rome, where they represented nipples and or dicks. The necklace features 37 pairs of them, some tiny, some