Ample Antique Paste Ring synthetic spinel These estate earrings have minimal

These estate earrings have minimal wear

This particular iteration

• Inside of ring is engraved "G

and maker's mark WD & JP• Approximately size 7

minimal religious pendant designed with a satiny finish and a simple weight to provide comfort day in and day out

Ample Antique Paste Ring synthetic spinel These estate earrings have minimalFor as long as humans have been using gem materials thousands of years they have also been concocting imitations for those same gem materials. Paste, or glass, has been used to imitate gemstones since at least ancient Greece, but it was the development of a particular kind of leaded glass in the 1600s that made the material a more convincing simulant for diamonds. Adding lead to the glass (which is formed by solidifying molten silicon dioxide in an