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1715 Fleet Gold-and-diamond ring, 4-1/2 to 5 carats, clarity SI1-SI2, fancy gray color.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:20,000.00 USD Estimated At:25,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD
1715 Fleet Gold-and-diamond ring, 4-1/2 to 5 carats, clarity SI1-SI2, fancy gray color.
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Gold-and-diamond ring, 4-1/2 to 5 carats, clarity SI1-SI2, fancy gray color. 8.44 grams, size 5-1/2. One of the most impressive jewels we have ever seen from the Fleet, with 11 high-quality diamonds in a circular pattern with the biggest rectangular diamond in the center and wedge-shaped diamonds to the sides, certainly not faceted to modern tastes or standards but obviously quite clear and brilliant, the gold with crosshatch pattern on saddle but plain at bottom and inside, completely intact and undamaged, the whole item very much on par with the "Queen's Jewels" found by Bob "Frogfoot" Weller and featured in various magazines. It should be noted also that diamonds are atypical for Spanish wrecks (unlike emeralds) and jewels containing them should be considered extremely rare. With photo-certificate. Recovered from: Spanish 1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida