Antique Victorian Opal Diamond Flower Ring
I think it’s time to take a day off and play hooky from work, from life, from responsibility. Head to the desert, where the desert lily and the wool star live, where the horizon looks like the opals on your ring, all color all the time. I recommend the McDonald Observatory (nebula through a good telescope have a surprising amount of opalescence) and dinner at Kaedama. Bring a friend or travel solo, either way, just go, and take this ring with you. This astonishing antique opal and diamond gold ring was handcrafted around 1900. There are five oval cabochon precious opals that make up the petals of a pansy or forget-me-not flower with a diamond at the center and five more diamonds for extra sparkle, all set in 14 karat gold. This ring has truly lovely opals, and they are very well matched so I suspect they are all original to the ring. They’re giving off neon shades of pink, green, blue, and more, accenting the glittery diamonds just perfectly. The five opals weigh a total of approxima