Details
Of modernist design, the cabochon ruby set bombé form ring centering upon an old-cut diamond, to the hammered gold mount

Metal: 18k yellow and rose gold
Diamonds: One old-cut weighing approximately 0.85 - 1 carat
Stones: 40 cabochon rubies
Size/Dimensions: US ring size 6
Signature: EW
Marks: 18K
Gross Weight: 17.1 grams



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Ed Wiener (1918 - 1991) was an American Modernist jeweler who was largely self-taught and worked mainly in silver until the 1950s. Wiener ran in the post-Bauhaus Provincetown and Greenwich Village artist circles and participated in the Abstract Expressionist movement of the early 1940s. He had studios on 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue and his creative clientele included sculptor Louise Nevelson and dancer Martha Graham.

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