Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

An early 20th century Russian ruby and diamond cluster ring, the central old-cut diamond bordered by calibré-cut rubies, within diamond surround and edged with ruby highlights, the outer shank stamped with maker’s mark (partially rubbed / later overstruck), 56 zolotniks, later stamped Soviet mixed metals control marks, 583 gold and 916 silver, with case, the silk signed in Cyrillic for Jan Reimann, 31 Nevskii (Prospect), shank with internal sizer beads, ring size approximately J.

£1,200-£1,400

Jan Reimann
Jan Reimann was a member of the Union of St Petersburg Jewellers. Reimann opened a shop in the 1840s at 31 Nevskii Prospect, in central St Petersburg, selling popular jewels, including brooches in the form of butterlfies and beetles, and often incorporating local Ural gems and Bohemian garnets, mounted in gold and silver. His son Zdenek Ivanovich ran a shop in the Gostinnyi Dvor in the early 20th century.

See: Beyond Faberge by Marie Betteley, David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Schiffer Publishing, 2020, page 361.