Gold, opal, diamond and Lover's Eye swivel ring
Gold, opal, diamond and Lover's Eye swivel ring
18kt rose gold swivel ring featuring a 12.12 ct Australian Lightening Ridge opal of green and orange play of color on one side, and a miniature oil portrait of a Lover’s Eye by Robyn Rich on the reverse, under a portrait cut crystal. Single cut diamonds for a total of 0.27 cts are set on the side of the ring. Signed JCC and numbered A1931. Size USA 6, resizable.
Robyn Rich is a Melbourne based artist with a long tradition of miniature portraits, especially those featuring Lover’s Eyes. We were immediately drawn to her intimate universe, the expression of her art work so intense and so emotional. We proposed to mount or frame some of her portraits using old pendant watches or making entirely new pieces like this ring or a few pendants.
Quoting directly from her website https://www.robynrich.com/ “I have had a long fascination with eyes, inspired by the tradition and history of Georgian Lover’s Eyes. These tokens of love came before photography and the wealthy would have the eye of a loved one painted and set in a piece of beautiful jewellery, allowing them to carry it with them wherever they went. But apart from that our eyes are amazing windows we look through to see the world and allow others to see into ours. They show our emotion, joy, heartache, longing, tiredness and health. Every one is so individual and unique.”
