Detailed 15 karat rose gold work that is handmade and hand engraved. The natural gemstone garnet is 16 points of a carat in size. The deep red Bohemian garnet is hand cut and hand set into the gold setting. The ring is Circa 1860 and from a collector in Asheville, North Carolina.

Facts on Garnet Gemstones:
Garnets have been widely known for thousands of years. Even Noah, it is reported, used a lantern from Garnet in order to safely steer his Ark through the darkness of the night. Garnets are found in jeweler from ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman eras. Many courageous discoverers and travelers wore Garnets for protection, as they were considered popular talismans and protective stones, because it was believed in those days that Garnets illuminate the night and prevent their wearer from any sort of evil. Today science explained to us that the proverbial luminosity of Garnet is caused by its high refraction of light

The ring is a Size 9 1/2 and could easily be resized if needed larger or smaller. The gold work and gemstone are in excellent condition.