Vintage Kenneth Lane KJL Cocktail Ring 7.75 Christmas Gift Amethyst w Garnett

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In deciding what jewelry I will offer, I look first for style, then metals and stones, and a small amount of Gaudiness helps...KJL, Kenneth Jay Lane helped to make "Costume Jewelry" a descriptive phrase, instead of bawdy denunciation. Honestly, I have fought many years to recover the "information" gathered over decades, research such as this helps, but I can not tell you if the stone is real sapphire, cut crystal, Swarovski, or glass. Lane uses all of these in past designs.This should be an easy VG condition ring, however, I will place it in the Good+ category due to the sheen of the outside finger area showing what I consider to be acceptable finger wear from being worn. Except for that fact alone, this ring easily sets at VG in my opinion. The medium sized stone is very well adhered, and cut beautifully. This is amethyst, with sweet purple and clear hue (almost divided in halves) at certain angles, and pure violet purple in other directions. It is a very beautifully facetted cut, elongated at 5/8" x 3/16" The smaller 1/32" diamondell cut Garnett stones or crystals are complete, well adhered, and range from near clear to rose pink, and to golden yellow. The high polish metal is crisp and clean dark (obsidian dark), but as stated, the sheen of some of the area where fingers meet the ring needs polished...still AG. The interior ring adjuster spring is well adhered and undamaged, unbent from shape, adjusting up to size 7.75 USA standards. The metal does not attract a strong magnet. The Kenneth Lane, rectangular name block is well placed and readable, showing KJL. This ring has been worn, but is very stable and brilliant still. The lady whose auction it was purchased at, mentioned to the auctioneer that she had paid $150 for these KJL rings many, many years ago...as with all the present rings, necklaces, and bracelets that I am offering from her living estate. She also told him a few were from the 1990's, most from earlier. This I place as being earlier than the 1980's era, while she was most actively buying jewelry to collect, and to sometimes wear herself. Rings and jewelry are problematic to photograph, due to high variations of shine. I make every attempt to show honest shots. I could not capture the beautiful hues of the amethyst, no matter how I shot it. The photos are of every angle. "As Is". Feel free to contact me about anything - pre purchase, to after delivery. Packaged within crumpled up newspaper (this may seem to be cheap, and it is free to us both, but without a proper ring box, newspaper does not scratch like other materials can), boxed and surrounded by more packing as needed (on these items, you may ask for more costly packing to be done, but it will not protect better than this method). Foreign buyers, please be aware of the higher shipping costs. Message me for exact cost, with your nation and zip code. Enjoy, Thank you, and Blessed Be...Ronald From numerous varied searches: Born in Detroit Michigan he attended the University of Michigan for two years obtaining a degree in advertising. Kenneth Lane then went on to study at the Rhode Island School of Design and he did not begin his career in jewelry, rather he started as a shoe designer for Dior. Before long he was designing incredible costume jewelry pieces. Kenneth Lane designed brooches, earrings, pendants, and necklaces. Elegant faux pearls, crystal rhinestones, gold tones, silver tones from gold and silver plated metals, emerald cut stones, glass pave stones, all of which create some of the most striking costume jewelry pieces around. read more

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