Art Deco 18k White Gold Orange Blossom 2.3 mm Band Ring
A graceful jewel from the dawn of the Art Deco era, this circa 1920 band ring beautifully captures the period’s transition toward modernity. Crafted in luminous 18K white gold, its orange blossom motif carries a romantic symbolism that contrasts elegantly with the crisp, refined sensibility of early Deco design.
During the 1920s, white gold emerged as a fashionable alternative to platinum, offering jewelers a similarly cool, silvery appearance while allowing for delicate detailing and enduring wear. The orange blossom, long associated with love, marriage, and enduring devotion, lends this understated band a particularly sentimental character.
Dating to the years just after the First World War, the ring belongs to a transformative period in jewelry history, when traditional floral symbolism was being reinterpreted through the cleaner lines and sophisticated restraint that would come to define Art Deco. Elegant, intimate, and quietly distinctive, it is a lovely example of early 20th-century craftsmanship.
• Circa 1920
• Marked “18k”, tests 18k white gold
• “B” and lion maker's mark
• Size 8, not resizable
• 2.3 mm height
• Estimated gross weight: 1.8 grams
• Excellent vintage condition, wear in the form of minor scratches, and wear appropriate with age