Antique Art Deco Platinum Diamond Eternity Band, c. 1920 Pearl 8 millimeters in depth

8 millimeters in depth

James Fenton

The beads shimmer with dark caramels and smoky blacks

A beautiful silver locket lay in a maroon velvet interior

Antique Art Deco Platinum Diamond Eternity Band, c. 1920 Pearl 8 millimeters in depthOn a quiet evening in the early 1920s, this ring would have been slipped onto a hand with intention rather than spectacle. Perhaps it followed a wedding rather than preceded it, a symbol not of promise but of permanence. Twenty three diamonds were chosen and set in an unbroken circle, each one catching the light as the hand moved, each one quietly affirming what had already been decided. There is nothing tentative here. This is an eternity band made