{"product_id":"1880s-bohemian-garnet-bombe-ring","title":"1880s Bohemian Garnet Bombé Ring","description":"\u003cp\u003eStriking Victorian bombé ring studded with high-domed, blood-red rose cut garnets arranged across three tiers. The band is crafted in 9 carat gold with simple split shoulders. Bohemian garnets were a \u003cem\u003ething\u003c\/em\u003e in the 19th century jewellery world. From an article - \"Bohemian Garnet - Today\" - by Jochen Schlüter and Wolfgang Weitschat:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Red garnets have been mined in the Bohemian Hills of Czechoslovakia since the 16th century. These pyrope garnets reached their height of popularity in jewelry of the Victorian era...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"According to O'Day (1974, p. 62), Bohemian garnets appeared abundantly in Victorian jewelry of the 1880 \"when clusters of small brilliant or rose-cut stones were pave-set in almost invisible silver settings,\" Bauer (1896, pp. 405-409), provided an unsurpassed (for its time) description of the pyropes, their geologic setting, mining, cutting, and distribution. His book, written when pyrope-set jewelry was near the height of fashion, gives some insight into the extent of mining and trade activity. He notes that the garnet-cutting works of Bohemia are \"very old-established\" and that \"at the present time [ca 1896] in Bohemia there are 3,000 men engaged in garnet-cutting, some hundreds of garnet-drillers, about 500 goldsmiths and silversmiths, and some 3,500 working jewellers. The collecting of garnets employs some 350 or 400 persons, so that, including the many persons whose work is indirectly connected with the industry, there must be between 9,000 and 10,000 persons gaining their livelihood by labour connected with the working of this precious stone.\" [\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gia.edu\/doc\/FA91A3.pdf\"\u003eSource: gia.edu\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEra: Victorian, circa 1880\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRing size: M or 6.25 US. Resizeable for £55\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHead: 17.4mm by 17.5mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStones: Bohemian Garnet (variety, almandine-pyrope)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarks: None, tested as 9ct gold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Great antique condition; light wear consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost Heirloom","offers":[{"title":"No \/ No","offer_id":52013404586296,"sku":"LO2952","price":625.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"No \/ Yes","offer_id":52013404619064,"sku":"LO2952i","price":700.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Yes \/ No","offer_id":52013404651832,"sku":"LO2952r","price":680.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Yes \/ Yes","offer_id":52013404684600,"sku":"LO2952ri","price":755.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/7387\/2952\/files\/1880s-bohemian-garnet-bombe-ring-4810619.jpg?v=1775870593","url":"https:\/\/lostowl.com\/products\/1880s-bohemian-garnet-bombe-ring","provider":"Lost Owl Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}