As if it happened overnight, jewelry design took an about face of expression. Excess, ostentation, and baroque frill with a reliance on diamonds and gems, transformed into nearly the opposite. Geometric simplicity, neoclassical minimalism and the use of enamels, and semi-precious stones characterized the subsequent decades.

Excessive sizes were still de rigueur for rings, but as you can see from this classic English example, pared down elegance ruled the day.

An elongated oval that covers the finger applies Bristol blue glass enamel covering the bottom surface of the inner plaque. At the center, a very scarce motif (we have never seen a similar one) of a small diamond bow (still a theme held over from prior decades) is placed at the forefront.

Around the perimeter, creamy white natural saltwater half seed pearls are precisely lined up one after the other and held by 10k rose gold.

Low to the finger, the effect is pure elegance. Similar in feel to a bague au firmament, a blue enamel ring studded with diamonds resembling stars in the sky, yet this ring is far rarer in design.

The reverse is hand engraved in script, "Thomas Bush" and was likely a distinctive mourning ring dedicated to his memory. The shank is 18k rose gold.