Vintage Interchangeable Bead Ring by Gilbert Albert

$3,700.00

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Vintage Interchangeable Bead Ring by Gilbert Albert

$3,700.00

Description

DATE: Vintage, c.1970

Gilbert Albert was born in 1930 in Geneva, and later studied at the l’Ecole des Arts Industriels. From an early age, his father instilled in him a love and appreciation of the natural world. From this, you can see this stayed with him in his later jewellery work. In 1955 he worked for Patek Philippe, a watchmaker, as designer and head of workshop. He designed a variety of watched, with unusual features, and even won the "Diamonds International Award" three times! He then went onto working for OMEGA, before he set up his own business in jewellery design. He used fantastic materials such as fossils, scarab shells and was the first to use meteorites in jewellery. Among his most well-known pieces are his sculptural gold clip on earrings, intertangle cocktail rings and pendants.

This Vintage interchangeable ring comes with ten interchangeable beads, each one a different coloured gem: tigers eye, black onyx, hematite, chalcedony and various colours of agate. The stones can be swapped and changed, and popped out the back of the 18k yellow gold ring. The ring itself, sculptural and unusual with a swirled head, and the top part, fitted like a basket to hold the beads. It dates from the 1970's and comes complete with a Gilbert Albert suede grey bag.

STONES

Tigers eye, hematite, black onyx, various agates, chalcedony

MEASUREMENTS

Head: 1.2 x 1.2cm

Rise off finger: 9.9mm

Width of band: 1.8mm

Beads: 1 x 1cm

Ring: US 5.5

WEIGHT

Ring: 3.6g

Bead: 1.3g

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