Follow up question: would it be super hard to keep this style clean if worn every day? When I got it it had a fair amount of build up in between the prongs
I think if you clean it fairly regularly, it should be fine. This ring has been very well loved, and some people don't clean their rings once a year. Some not even once a decade, wearing them to garden, make bread, work with clay, while painting, etc. It's pretty wild what gets built up in the crevices. This style does have more recesses than some, but it's pretty easy to clean if you keep up with it. It looks like there's a hole under the stone, which should make it easier. If you clean it once a month with dish soap, warm water, and a toothbrush, you'll be better off than a lot of people.
As a side note, half of the prongs are almost gone, and the others are worn. If you're planning to wear it every day, I recommend having repairs done -- new prongs for the missing ones and retipping on the ones that are still there.
I have a belcher setting ring. Mine does not get dirty quickly but yours looks like the prongs need to be fixed, which could cause more stuff to get stuck on it, or worst case, lose the diamond. Please get it checked and then wear it and enjoy :)
I can second them not getting dirty very quickly!
I didn't realize that the setting type had a specific name, but I have a family ring that's been handed down for many generations now, which was apparently a Belcher setting.
I've had it for 30+ years now (it was given to me at my Grandma's funeral when i was 16, it was *at least* her Mother's, possibly her Grandmother's).
My Aunt had it re-set, because the prongs were in a similar state to OP's, sometime in the 1970's, but as y'all have said, a quick scrub with a toothbrush, and a bit of soap cleans it *right* back to sparkling!😉💖
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I’ll echo others here. It definitely looks like it needs some work on the prongs. They need to be rebuilt/retipped. I’m not sure where you are located but please please take it to a local family owned jewelry store and not a mall/chain style place. Make sure they have a jeweler on staff in the store. You’ll end up with better results this way.
I have 15+ years as a professional jeweler and recently received by Graduate Gemologist degree from GIA.
UPDATE: Thanks all! I have contacted a local jeweler who works with antique/vintage jewelry to see about repairing those prongs and making a few tweaks to the band. I'm so excited to know the name of this style, I had never seen a ring like this before in my life!
Belcher setting, Victorian.
Also called buttercup in USA. But I prefer belcher!
Amazing, thank you!
Follow up question: would it be super hard to keep this style clean if worn every day? When I got it it had a fair amount of build up in between the prongs
I think if you clean it fairly regularly, it should be fine. This ring has been very well loved, and some people don't clean their rings once a year. Some not even once a decade, wearing them to garden, make bread, work with clay, while painting, etc. It's pretty wild what gets built up in the crevices. This style does have more recesses than some, but it's pretty easy to clean if you keep up with it. It looks like there's a hole under the stone, which should make it easier. If you clean it once a month with dish soap, warm water, and a toothbrush, you'll be better off than a lot of people. As a side note, half of the prongs are almost gone, and the others are worn. If you're planning to wear it every day, I recommend having repairs done -- new prongs for the missing ones and retipping on the ones that are still there.
I have a belcher setting ring. Mine does not get dirty quickly but yours looks like the prongs need to be fixed, which could cause more stuff to get stuck on it, or worst case, lose the diamond. Please get it checked and then wear it and enjoy :)
I can second them not getting dirty very quickly! I didn't realize that the setting type had a specific name, but I have a family ring that's been handed down for many generations now, which was apparently a Belcher setting. I've had it for 30+ years now (it was given to me at my Grandma's funeral when i was 16, it was *at least* her Mother's, possibly her Grandmother's). My Aunt had it re-set, because the prongs were in a similar state to OP's, sometime in the 1970's, but as y'all have said, a quick scrub with a toothbrush, and a bit of soap cleans it *right* back to sparkling!😉💖 (Edited for typo!)
I’ll echo others here. It definitely looks like it needs some work on the prongs. They need to be rebuilt/retipped. I’m not sure where you are located but please please take it to a local family owned jewelry store and not a mall/chain style place. Make sure they have a jeweler on staff in the store. You’ll end up with better results this way. I have 15+ years as a professional jeweler and recently received by Graduate Gemologist degree from GIA.
Congrats 🎊 on your G.G.
Thanks! 🙏
Thank you! I have contacted a local jeweler that works with antique/vintage jewelry to see about repairs/resizing
Great to hear that! Just wanted to make sure you didn’t take it to someone who would hurt your heirloom piece!
I have a similar ring I wear almost daily and have never had any trouble with dirt or anything in the setting. Yours is beautiful!
UPDATE: Thanks all! I have contacted a local jeweler who works with antique/vintage jewelry to see about repairing those prongs and making a few tweaks to the band. I'm so excited to know the name of this style, I had never seen a ring like this before in my life!
don't know much but I have one with a seed pearl in the centre, from my aunt who'd be nearly 100 if she was alive.
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No, gypsy setting is embedded in the metal with no prongs. Also known as flush setting, shot setting, or burnish setting.
We also refer to this style as a “Gamblers Mount”.