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Mid-Century Modern Diamond Honeycomb Cluster Ring with Black Enamel, 14k Gold
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Description
Mid-Century Modern Diamond Honeycomb Cluster Ring with Black Enamel, 14k Gold
Specifications
- Metal: 14K yellow gold
- Maker: Unsigned
- Diamonds: 7 round brilliant cut, I color, VS-SI clarity
- Dimensions: 22mm side to side, 14.4mm across the top
- Weight: 12.0 grams
- Ring Size: 5.75 (resizable half a size up or down)
- Circa: 1970s
- Condition: Good vintage condition with light surface patina
Approached as a study in massing and repetition, this 1970s ring reads like a small piece of Brutalist architecture scaled for the hand. Seven hexagonal cells step and cantilever off one another in an asymmetric honeycomb, each outlined in black enamel like mullions framing a window, then glazed with a single round brilliant diamond. The gold's linear, bark-textured finish behaves like a raked concrete or reeded wood surface, giving the form tactile depth without competing with the stones.
What elevates the piece is its commitment to geometry over ornament: the stepped, faceted shoulders continue the honeycomb's logic right down to the shank, so the whole ring functions as a single continuous structure rather than a setting with a band attached. Light surface patina only reinforces the material honesty central to the design language of its decade.