Vintage 18 Kt. Yellow Gold Amethyst and Diamond Cocktail Ring

$850.00
Vintage 18 Kt. Yellow Gold Amethyst and Diamond Cocktail Ring-
This amethyst beauty is set with a deep purple stone accented by gold spacers and diamonds. Not set as high as some cocktails rings go and actually has a nice feel to be worn everyday. The workmanship on this piece is plain to the eye and even has the prong work and spacers bars for the diamonds in white to to achieve better color for the diamonds. Amethyst is the birthstone for February.
The precursor to the dinner ring was the cocktail ring. Large gemstones perched atop a ring were flashy and eye-catching – exactly the look a 1920’s flapper desired. When Prohibition was enacted in 1920 preventing the sale and consumption of alcohol, Americans sought other, more illicit means to get their fix. A roaring trade in moonshine and “homemade” liquor filled the need, yet left a lot to be desired in the taste department. Thus, the cocktail was born as a way to make these harsh liquors more palatable. Speakeasy night clubs and cocktail parties were an opportunity for the fashion setting flappers to show off their style, and flaunt their liberation. Cocktail in hand, rings were the perfect accessory for this new lifestyle. The term “dinner ring” is also attributed to the colored gemstone rings that were popular at the time. Richly hued emeralds, garnets, citrines, and aquamarines took center stage, often surrounded by a halo of sparkling diamonds. Dinner rings were, in essence, a symbol of a woman’s freedom and power. These were pieces not given to them by a husband or boyfriend; they were purchased by the wearer herself. Ever since their rejection of the corset, woman were finding freedom in fashion and loving it.


-18 Kt. yellow gold
-Top of ring measures 14 mm. x 20 mm. and 8 mm. high
-Genuine marquise cut Amethyst measures 10 mm. x 20 mm. AA quality but does have a very small chip at the very tip of stone
-6 Genuine round cut diamonds each .03 points- .18 CTW VS clarity and H on color scale
-Shank measures 1.5 mm. and tapers up to 3 mm.
-Finger size 8 3/4
-Weighs 7.2 grams

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We offer ring sizing! See the variation chart for pricing.

- Please allow up to 5 days for us to size your ring.
- If you do not see you size, please contact us BEFORE your purchase so we can be sure the ring can be sized safely.

Feel free to contact us with any questions!

* Sorry, no returns accepted on rings that have been sized.
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Looking for more vintage rings?: https://www.etsy.com/shop/WMDaughter?section_id=10403693&ref=shopsection_leftnav_5

More vintage jewelry here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/WMDaughter

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>>>SHIPPING : We ship all items within 1- 5 days. We ship all US orders through Priority Mail. Any additional items ship FREE!*

>>>INTERNATIONAL: All international orders are shipped out through First Class International. If you would like to upgrade please contact us so we can adjust the listing.

>>>ABOUT US: We are an actual brick and mortar shop called The WatchMakers Daughter located in Downtown York Pa. We've been in business sine 1945. You can learn more about the shop at: www.watchmakersdaughter.net.

Our Etsy shop hours are the same as our business hours. Tuesday – Friday 8:30am - 5pm Saturday 8:30am – 3pm.
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Vintage 18 Kt. Yellow Gold Amethyst and Diamond Cocktail Ring-
This amethyst beauty is set with a deep purple stone accented by gold spacers and diamonds. Not set as high as some cocktails rings go and actually has a nice feel to be worn everyday. The workmanship on this piece is plain to the eye and even has the prong work and spacers bars for the diamonds in white to to achieve better color for the diamonds. Amethyst is the birthstone for February.
The precursor to the dinner ring was the cocktail ring. Large gemstones perched atop a ring were flashy and eye-catching – exactly the look a 1920’s flapper desired. When Prohibition was enacted in 1920 preventing the sale and consumption of alcohol, Americans sought other, more illicit means to get their fix. A roaring trade in moonshine and “homemade” liquor filled the need, yet left a lot to be desired in the taste department. Thus, the cocktail was born as a way to make these harsh liquors more palatable. Speakeasy night clubs and cocktail parties were an opportunity for the fashion setting flappers to show off their style, and flaunt their liberation. Cocktail in hand, rings were the perfect accessory for this new lifestyle. The term “dinner ring” is also attributed to the colored gemstone rings that were popular at the time. Richly hued emeralds, garnets, citrines, and aquamarines took center stage, often surrounded by a halo of sparkling diamonds. Dinner rings were, in essence, a symbol of a woman’s freedom and power. These were pieces not given to them by a husband or boyfriend; they were purchased by the wearer herself. Ever since their rejection of the corset, woman were finding freedom in fashion and loving it.


-18 Kt. yellow gold
-Top of ring measures 14 mm. x 20 mm. and 8 mm. high
-Genuine marquise cut Amethyst measures 10 mm. x 20 mm. AA quality but does have a very small chip at the very tip of stone
-6 Genuine round cut diamonds each .03 points- .18 CTW VS clarity and H on color scale
-Shank measures 1.5 mm. and tapers up to 3 mm.
-Finger size 8 3/4
-Weighs 7.2 grams

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We offer ring sizing! See the variation chart for pricing.

- Please allow up to 5 days for us to size your ring.
- If you do not see you size, please contact us BEFORE your purchase so we can be sure the ring can be sized safely.

Feel free to contact us with any questions!

* Sorry, no returns accepted on rings that have been sized.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Looking for more vintage rings?: https://www.etsy.com/shop/WMDaughter?section_id=10403693&ref=shopsection_leftnav_5

More vintage jewelry here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/WMDaughter

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>>SHIPPING : We ship all items within 1- 5 days. We ship all US orders through Priority Mail. Any additional items ship FREE!*

>>>INTERNATIONAL: All international orders are shipped out through First Class International. If you would like to upgrade please contact us so we can adjust the listing.

>>>ABOUT US: We are an actual brick and mortar shop called The WatchMakers Daughter located in Downtown York Pa. We've been in business sine 1945. You can learn more about the shop at: www.watchmakersdaughter.net.

Our Etsy shop hours are the same as our business hours. Tuesday – Friday 8:30am - 5pm Saturday 8:30am – 3pm.
Vintage 18 Kt. Yellow Gold Amethyst and Diamond Cocktail Ring-
This amethyst beauty is set with a deep purple stone accented by gold spacers and diamonds. Not set as high as some cocktails rings go and actually has a nice feel to be worn everyday. The workmanship on this piece is plain to the eye and even has the prong work and spacers bars for the diamonds in white to to achieve better color for the diamonds. Amethyst is the birthstone for February.
The precursor to the dinner ring was the cocktail ring. Large gemstones perched atop a ring were flashy and eye-catching – exactly the look a 1920’s flapper desired. When Prohibition was enacted in 1920 preventing the sale and consumption of alcohol, Americans sought other, more illicit means to get their fix. A roaring trade in moonshine and “homemade” liquor filled the need, yet left a lot to be desired in the taste department. Thus, the cocktail was born as a way to make these harsh liquors more palatable. Speakeasy night clubs and cocktail parties were an opportunity for the fashion setting flappers to show off their style, and flaunt their liberation. Cocktail in hand, rings were the perfect accessory for this new lifestyle. The term “dinner ring” is also attributed to the colored gemstone rings that were popular at the time. Richly hued emeralds, garnets, citrines, and aquamarines took center stage, often surrounded by a halo of sparkling diamonds. Dinner rings were, in essence, a symbol of a woman’s freedom and power. These were pieces not given to them by a husband or boyfriend; they were purchased by the wearer herself. Ever since their rejection of the corset, woman were finding freedom in fashion and loving it.


-18 Kt. yellow gold
-Top of ring measures 14 mm. x 20 mm. and 8 mm. high
-Genuine marquise cut Amethyst measures 10 mm. x 20 mm. AA quality but does have a very small chip at the very tip of stone
-6 Genuine round cut diamonds each .03 points- .18 CTW VS clarity and H on color scale
-Shank measures 1.5 mm. and tapers up to 3 mm.
-Finger size 8 3/4
-Weighs 7.2 grams

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We offer ring sizing! See the variation chart for pricing.

- Please allow up to 5 days for us to size your ring.
- If you do not see you size, please contact us BEFORE your purchase so we can be sure the ring can be sized safely.

Feel free to contact us with any questions!

* Sorry, no returns accepted on rings that have been sized.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Looking for more vintage rings?: https://www.etsy.com/shop/WMDaughter?section_id=10403693&ref=shopsection_leftnav_5

More vintage jewelry here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/WMDaughter

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>>SHIPPING : We ship all items within 1- 5 days. We ship all US orders through Priority Mail. Any additional items ship FREE!*

>>>INTERNATIONAL: All international orders are shipped out through First Class International. If you would like to upgrade please contact us so we can adjust the listing.

>>>ABOUT US: We are an actual brick and mortar shop called The WatchMakers Daughter located in Downtown York Pa. We've been in business sine 1945. You can learn more about the shop at: www.watchmakersdaughter.net.

Our Etsy shop hours are the same as our business hours. Tuesday – Friday 8:30am - 5pm Saturday 8:30am – 3pm.