Rouge My Knees

I love to imagine who this ring from the 1880′s belonged to.  What sort of woman would’ve embellished herself at the time with this love gem of a ring?

a gypsy? lady of the evening?  mother of five?  lover of one?

Who handcrafted such a thing?  Where did those diamonds come from?

I once overheard someone at a party say that diamonds mined pre- and circa the 1920′s are  blood free.

That bit of information makes owning a vintage diamond over a new diamond even better than I thought.

This lovely photo is courtesy of the amazing vintage extraordinaire Eric Basin and his tumblr.

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