Yellow Tourmaline Ring - Unique piece

Solitaire ring in forged silver. An oval yellow cabochon tourmaline is magnified by a bezel setting in yellow gold on guilloché silver. On each side, on the body of the ring, 4 silver pearls. Unique piece.

Each piece is made by hand by the artist in his workshop, without the use of molds or casting techniques.

Materials: 925/1000 silver, 750/1000 gold, 1.5ct yellow tourmaline.

Dimensions: ring 2mm, set 9x6mm, Tourmaline 8x6mm approximately.

Weight: 3.1g silver - 0.5g gold.

Technique: forged silver, guilloche (engraved), granulation.

Photo credit: Patricia Lemaire - Galerie Sophie...etc!

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Granulation is an ancient Etruscan technique which consists of depositing on the surface of a piece of jewelry, tiny granules of gold or silver made one by one by hand, then soldered without altering their fineness.