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Modernist Tigers Eye Silver Signet Ring by Joachim S’paliu
Vintage Tigers Eye Ring by Modernist designer Joachim S’Paliu
Rather chunky & heavy silver ring with a flush set oval Tigers Eye gemstone. The Tigers Eye has a nice orange brown chatoyancy. Tigers Eye is the common name for a Pseudocrocidolite – this is a metamorphic rock with golden-yellow fibrous quartz running through it.
This ring has a geometric front panel, & is very much of the period. This ring is catalogued & designed around 1970, in Joachim’s Spanish workshop.
⭐ This ring is size T (UK) / 9.5 (Us)
⭐ This ring is stamped “S’Paliu S 925” to the inside of the band
⭐ This ring is a heavyweight at 9 grams
⭐ The Tigers Eye measure 16mm x 11mm
⭐ The band width at the rear of the ring is 3.6mm
This ring is vintage & used. It is over 50 years old & has been worn. There’s some mottling & superficial scratches due to silver being soft. The gemstone is without marks & this ring is in good condition.
declaration
Vittori & Hive has clarified that the Modernist Tigers Eye Silver Signet Ring by Joachim S’paliu (LA479773) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1970
declaration
condition
condition
This ring is vintage & used. It is over 50 years old & has been worn. There’s some mottling & superficial scratches due to silver being soft. The gemstone is without marks & this ring is in good condition.