17/10/2026
A mid century 1960’s sugar loaf rutilted quartz in a 9ct yellow gold Brutalist ring. Rutile quartz, known as Venus hair by the ancient Greeks, or angel hair, Cupid’s darts, my favourite is the French flèches d’amour or arrows of love, beautiful by name and beautiful by nature. A delicious cabochon of rutile quartz, laced with fine yet robust gold hair-like needles in a random pattern, there’s nothing more fascinating to a jewel nerd like myself than natural inclusions in gemstones. A corker of a kapow ring and sure to set to get wagging, part of tomorrow’s website antique and vintage gold ring drop at 8pm BST
Mid century jewellery design at its best, the striated setting mimicking the straight lines of the golden needles
This gemstone of golden needles has a mythical presence that transcends the Brutalist style mid century gold setting
Coming to the website at 8pm BST, a vintage Art Deco ruby platinum eternity ring, an antique Victorian high carat gold and bright green jade shield signet ring, a mid century ring with a golden rutile quartz cabochon in a scored raised setting, and a mid century gold ring with a Brutalist style setting smothered in an array of sun-coloured citrines