Victorian Cupid Cameo Ring earrings but these stones were created

but these stones were created by humans in a laboratory - humans who had recreated the extreme heat and pressure within the Earth's crust to produce some of nature's most mesmerising and coveted treasures

however they all centre around the same story

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60ct old European cut diamond flanked

Gorgeous 1930s belcher ring set with a single 1/4 carat old mine cut diamond

Victorian Cupid Cameo Ring earrings but these stones were createdVictorian ring set with a malachite cameo depicting Cupid playing the double pipes, a subject that appears numerous times in the archaeological record (such as this Roman lamp in the British Museum and these two from MFA Boston: ring, oil flask). Crafted in 15 carat gold with a simple cut down setting, this ring dates from the mid Victorian period, circa 1870. The double pipes, or the Aulos, were said to have been created by Athena to mimic the wails