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    • Of spherical design, pavé-set throughout with brilliant-cut diamonds and mounted
      in palladium, diamonds approximately 14.00 carats, ring size L ½, full UK hallmark
      for palladium.

  • Catalogue Essay

    Palladium has been used in jewellery since 1939, and is recognised as a
    precious metal alongside platinum, gold and silver. Palladium, part of the
    platinum family group of metals, consequently shares many properties
    in common with platinum – it is a very white lustrous metal and does
    not tarnish. First discovered in 1803 by the English chemist William Hyde
    Wollaston, he named palladium after the ancient Greek goddess Pallas
    Athene. The pictorial symbol for palladium within the full UK hallmark
    is the likeness of Pallas Athene. The purity of the metal is indicated
    numerically in parts per thousand within three conjoining circles.

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A palladium and diamond ring

Of spherical design, pavé-set throughout with brilliant-cut diamonds and mounted
in palladium, diamonds approximately 14.00 carats, ring size L ½, full UK hallmark
for palladium.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 

Jewels

7 June 2011
London