Posted 7 years ago
TassieDevil
(175 items)
Hello everone.
This ring is the one I bought with the green ring in my last post, cost $20.00 as well.
Described as "typical school of Rhoda Wager style", which I would agree with too! Unknown maker of course but I am really happy to have it in my small collection of Arts and Crafts jewellery :-)
Now, the stone......black & white Australian Moss Agate I am thinking or I could be totally wrong lol!
Don't think there is too much more I can say about this ring except that I love it and it fits me as a pinky ring.
The 4th picture should show both rings on my fingers if I have loaded the pictures properly!
Hope you enjoy seeing this one as well. Thanks Judy
Very nice as a pair of rings find !~
What a treat :-)
Fits really well!
Nice ring Judy and you got it for a song, well done.
Thanks very much PhilD, Pascale and Jean for the lovely comments and appreciation of these rings, it is always very much appreciated:-) )
And a big thank you to all 11 lovers for visiting here, it is great to see you:-)
Super - Looks like it was made for your Pinky finger!!
Nice find .... A ++++++
Hi there. Striking ring but would not consider the stone moss agate, which has really does have greenish inclusions that look like moss inside a translucent matrix. This is something more like the jasper known as 'zebra stone', which can have patches of black & white instead of stripes.
Thanks Rose for the comment and the love:-)
Haha Gary lol, thanks for the love too:-) )
Hi Cameo, thank you! I will have a look at the zebra jasper. I knew it wasn't the "proper" moss agate as I have some of those, but I thought the Australian moss agate was pretty close for this ring:-) Appreciate your help thanks:-)
OK, the story I have heard about this stone is that it is the granite that was dug up when they were building the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Don't know if it's true, but it sounds romantic.
BTW, it's made by Prouds. I recall seeing them in original boxes.
Haha jewels!! What a great story, love it, true or not!
I remember you mentioning Prouds having their own line of these rings, that's really great information, thanks very much for letting me know:-) ) )
Hope you enjoyed or are still enjoying your trip:-)
Jewels1900, I will mark this as solved for you now with the maker known :-)
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230532857?searchTerm=silver%20rings&searchLimits=l-category=Advertising|||l-decade=193
Jewels 1900!! Look what I found in Trove......an ad for chips from the bridge!!
OMG, that is so awesome! I'm going to have to buy the next one I find. I probably won't find one now! But I do see these gum leaf rings regularly awesome, I have a few in my collection with stones & pastes.
I've only every seen this granite in rings though. Maybe once a brooch that wasn't great quality - I wonder where it is.
I think we need to do some more research on this firm and see what we can find.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/67910782?searchTerm=sydney%20harbour%20bridge%20pylon%20souvenirs&searchLimits=l-category=Advertising|||l-decade=193
Found another ad Jewels!
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169141598?searchTerm=sydney%20harbour%20bridge%20pylon%20souvenirs&searchLimits=l-category=Advertising|||l-decade=193
And another one!
Oh wow Jean; Angus & Coote. Thats so cool.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/94273428?searchTerm=sydney%20harbour%20bridge%20pylon%20souvenirs&searchLimits=l-category=Advertising|||l-decade=193
And another, so good they have pictures!
You're on fire! I'm sure I have a brooch. I'm going to have to dig it out.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224286195?searchTerm=sydney%20harbour%20bridge%20pylon%20souvenirs&searchLimits=l-category=Advertising|||l-decade=193
And a little ad in this one just for rings!
Yes, do find it please! I think we have enough pictures and info now! So do you think mine is one of the Angus & Coote ones?
No, I think the ones pictured are a bit tinny. The brooch I vaguely recall I bought is a bit tinny, that's why I'm unsure about it. It really only rates because of it's now discovered historical interest.
I think yours is better quality.
Thanks jewels, that was fun and filled in the night with nothing to watch on tv lol:-) )
Thanks so much to all 20 lovers, I really appreciate you all visiting my post:-) )
Appreciate the love Mary, thank you:-)
Great ring, great info from Jewels, and especially great Troving there Judy!
Haha thanks Karen, it was a fun night on Trove, I thoroughly enjoyed it :-) Trove is such a great research tool!
Woops, thanks for the love too!!
Appreciate the love Mary, thank you:-)
Even more interesting with history behind! I was thinking a kind of granite reather than moss agate too :-)
Hi Pascale thanks, the best part was finding that Jewel's story was true!! I was pretty excited to find all those ads!
Granite didn't even cross my mind, but I am pretty hopeless at identifying any kind of gem or stone lol and can't see me improving at this late stage:-) )
Truly lovely
Aw, thank you Wandless! Happy you think so and thanks for the love as well, always appreciated :-)
Appreciate the love Fortapache, thank you :-)
Appreciate the love surfdub, thank you :-)
Came across this ring in England with the same stone and mentions granite as well! The decoration on the ring is different to anything I have seen before so do not know if it is australian made.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BEAUTIFUL-OLD-EDWARDIAN-ARTS-CRAFTS-SILVER-MARBLE-STONE-RING-BAND-L-A10/132342882132?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Connemara marble is a possibility.
Thanks Cameo! I will check that out too, appreciate your input:-)
Saw it too. Came up day after our discussion. Same stone, same maker. Different design.
:-) Judy... Jewels1900... I got the ring, saw it too just after your discussion :-)))
Think it is by same maker.
Thanks Jewels, thought it would be the same maker but the design threw me out!
Yayyyyy Pascale, that's great, very happy for you:-) ) )
When I first spotted it I thought someone had used my picture and couldn't believe there could be another one around!!
I toyed with the idea of bidding on it simply because of the different design, glad I didn't now and so pleased you got it! Will be interested to see your pictures of the design as they were difficult to see I thought, but I knew they weren't leaves like mine.
Judy & Kyra, I've posted something for you both.
Thanks jewels, will have a look:-)
Appreciate the love Zilla and Radegunder, thanks very much for taking the time to visit:-)
Judy, awww, I wondered if you weren't on it... I was totally amazed there was a second so similar to yours! Of course, I'll post it as soon I'll get it.
Jewels1900! Incredible group, your collection is very impressive, thanks for sharing these pieces!
I must apologize Pascale for posting the ebay link to your ring, I wasn't even thinking that anyone I know on Cw would have bought it, I just got so excited with there being another like mine and wanted to show it to you & Jewels:-(
Thanks for the love Pebble :-)
Judy, no need to apologize! It is always very interesting to see similar of an unusual piece :-) and it wasn't a millon $£€ bid, lol :-)))
Thank you:-) ) )
Here is mine, just got it and posted :-))
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/237419-australian-prouds-arts-and-crafts-granit?in=activity
Very Interesting !!!!!
Yay Pascale, will go to your post!!
It certainly is Vetraio, thanks!!
Ebeetle and Sean, thanks both for looking and loving :-)
This is a great ring and 'gum leaves' too! So see, even I learned something here...gum leaf!!! Looks like you had a lot of fun with this one. Very awesome.
Newfld and Roycroft, thanks both for the love:-)
Thanks Share, yes you are learning, well done!, and thanks for the comment and the love too :-) )