Wooden Barrel "From The Decking Of The Mauretania" lavender and the super rich

and the super rich

A cool late Victorian flower cluster ring set with a central demantoid garnet within a petal halo of natural pearls

worn for events like the annual opening of parliament)

Scottish hallmarks for 18k gold

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries paste gems could command as much (if not more) than natural gemstones

Wooden Barrel "From The Decking Of The Mauretania" lavender and the super richDATE: Art Deco, c. 1935 A wooden barrel paperweight desk inkwell ornament carved "from the decking of the Mauretania, The Old Lady of the Atlantic". The RMS Mauritania (1906 1935) was an ocean liner built for the Cunard Line, capturing the Blue Riband on the return leg of her maiden voyage in 1907. She was built during the golden age of Atlantic seafaring, a time when Cunard and the White Star line were continuously trying to outdo each other by