Live Auction 2736Magnificent Jewels
A DIAMOND RING, BY DAVID WEBB
Lot 379 THE ESTATE OF THE HONORABLE NOREEN STONOR DREXEL, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND

A DIAMOND RING, BY DAVID WEBB

Closed15 October 2013

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USD 881,000

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A DIAMOND RING, BY DAVID WEBB
Set with a circular-cut diamond, weighing approximately 12.55 carats, within an old European-cut diamond and sculpted 18k gold foliate surround, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1970, in a David Webb black suede pouch
Signed Webb for David Webb
With report 2155484124 dated 3 June 2013 from the Gemological Institute of America stating that the diamond is G color, VS1 clarity

Specialist note

The center diamond featured in this ring was given around 1947 to Mrs. Drexel by her husband's grandmother who, at the time, was living in Paris. The current setting was a collaboration between Mr. Drexel and David Webb in the early 1970s.