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Flower Power - Vintage Gold Plated Crystal Rhinestone Flower Ring. This fun ring is crafted from gold plate over metal, hallmarked GOLD PLATED BY KARATCLAD PROCESS. Featuring black and white crystal gemstones, and vintage styling. The gallery on this ring is designed as a bold and whimsical flower. The gold frame is diamond cut, which surrounds four black crystal gems and two rental clear crystals. The band is smooth and polished, which allows for a comfortable fit. The vintage flower ring is dramatic and bold, and looks great when worn! 

History: Rhinestones which are also known as diamantes or paste date back as far as the thirteenth century where they were first made from Czechoslovakian or Bohemian hand blown glass. The term rhinestone came along later, when rock crystals were discovered in and around the shores of the river Rhine in Austria.

The first known gold plating occurred in northern Peru, where Pre-Columbian smiths gilded and silvered copper pieces by electrochemical replacement techniques. During excavations in the late 1980s, archaeologists discovered gold and silver ornamental and ceremonial artifacts dating all the way back to AD 50-300.

Luigi Brunatelli, an Italian chemist, is most widely credited for inventing electroplating. Brugnatelli published his findings on the use of Volta piles to deposit a layer of gold onto a metallic surface in 1805.

Karatclad is a trademark for a very thick gold electroplating process; this type of plating is about 14 times thicker than standard electroplating. 

Measurements: Face of the Ring 24.00 mm x 24.00 mm 

Stone Size : Black Crystal 6.00 x 6.00mm    Rhinestone (clear)2.00 mm 

Weight: 8.30 grams 

Ring Size: 6  Note: Can not be sized 

Condition: Excellent 

Origin: America 

Date: Circa 1970