This is a beautiful moi et toi Art Deco era ring is hallmarked BELAIS 18K. Belais Manufacturing Co. was one of the first companies to fully alloy white gold (before this anything that would be considered ‘white gold’ was actually just alloyed yellow gold), and David Belais (the founder of the company) was served without pay as the President of the Humane Society of New York and was instrumental in establishing the first free animal clinic. A man after my own heart.
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If you scroll through my photos you’ll see how beautiful the hand engraved etching is done. It appears to be in all original condition, which means this baby was definitely loved and well cared for. It has two perfectly faceted old european cut diamonds which measure 5.3 mm and 5.25 mm for a total caret weight of approximately 1.25. The diamonds are SI1 in clarity and at least H/I color
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