1980s Sapphire & Ruby "Toi et Moi" Ring boxed each featuring an intense purple

each featuring an intense purple amethyst

with wire legs and mandibles - crafted in 9 karat gold throughout

originally bore the three ostrich feathers as his heraldic arms

the two locket compartments contain impossibly intricately woven locks of hair from two people

1980s Sapphire & Ruby "Toi et Moi" Ring boxed each featuring an intense purpleDATE: Vintage, c. 1980 An unusual vintage Toi Et Moi ring dating from the 1980s. The 'you' and the 'me' are represented by a sapphire and a ruby (you decide which way round), set between split, crossover shoulders each furnished with tapered baguette diamonds. The effect of the diamond shoulders is quite strange, reminiscent of segmented insect legs not something I would necessarily expect to look good but it really does work somehow. It's crafted in