ADAM'S Fine Jewellery & Ladies Watches 12th May 2026

TUESDAY 12 TH MAY 2026 . STARTING AT 4PM 86 73 A RETRO RUBY AND DIAMOND TANK RING, FRENCH, CIRCA 1945 The bombé mount designed as two overlapping scroll-form bands, one chan- nel-set with calibré-cut rubies (probably synthetic), the other with brilliant-cut dia- monds, to a tapered hoop, mounted in 18K gold, ring size J € 2,500 - 3,500 74 A RETRO DIAMOND TWO-STONE RING, CIRCA 1950 Composed of two old-brilliant-cut diamonds within claw-setting, within a ropetwist and coiled wirework mount, to a plane polished hoop, mounted in 18K gold, dia- monds approximately 1.60cts total, ring size N € 2,500 - 3,000 The bold sculptural form and warm gold mounts are characteristic of retro jewel- lery, produced in Paris during the occupation years, when jewellers and workshops turned to yellow gold and vivid coloured stones with renewed vigour. The dynamic opposing scrolls demonstrate the period’s mastery of mass and movement in jew- ellery design. The wartime context is significant in understanding the scarcity of precious gem- stones at the time. The disruption of international supply routes made natural stones such as rubies particularly scarce in the Paris market during the early 1940s, and even the leading houses turned with pragmatic elegance to synthetic sap- phires and rubies grown by the Verneuil flame-fusion process and virtually indis- tinguishable to the eye from their natural counterparts. Such synthetic stones, when original to a piece of this period and quality, are en- tirely consonant with its history and should be understood as in intrinsic part of its wartime character rather than any diminishment of it. 75 A GOLD BRACELET, CIRCA 1960 Composed of oval polished gold links, interspersed by tex- tured gold ropetwist connectors, in 18K gold, with maker’s mark (probably Italian), length 20.5cm € 6,000 - 7,000