Pre-owned. Comes with an appraisal certificate by GIA graduate gemologist.
This is an original Oscar Heyman diamonds ring. Founded in 1912, in New York by three brothers of the Heyman family. Oscar, Nathan & Harry. Oscar and Nathan learned the art of working in platinum jewelry as apprentices at a workshop in Kharkiv, Ukraine. In the 1939 World’s Fair, the firm supplied jewellery to four of the five participating retailers in the House of jewelers, thus earning them the name Jeweler’s jeweler.
This particular ring in the style of ballerina’s tutu (skirt) is an original 1950 design by George Heyman, one of the younger brother of the founders. Today, the company continues to prosper in New York. A book was published in 2017 on the firm’s work as researched by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Their jewellery are also sold in Japan and have graced celebrities and royalties including Queen Sirikit of Thailand. In 1969, Oscar Heyman & Brothers designed and manufactured the famous Taylor-Burton 68 carat diamond necklace for Cartier that was given to Elizabeth Taylor.
Our ring here is the Ballerina in platinum. The central stone features a single Marquise-cut diamond weighting approximately 1.00 carat of G/H colour and VVS2 clarity while a total of twenty-four baguette-cut stone weighting approximately 2.16 carats of F/G colours and VVS1-2 clarity.
Platinum is the noblest metal and the hardest to work on but this is a specialty of the firm.
An excellent gift.
It is stamped and numbered. The valuation was US$20850.00 but now available to you for much lesser.
