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The Royal Crowns: Tion Ring of Charles

TION RING OF CHARLES I.

The coronation ring of William IV. is a sapphire set with a cross of five rubies, four rectangular and the centre one square. The stones probably represent the red cross of St. George upon the blue ground of the flag of St. Andrew. Surrounding the sapphire are fourteen brilliants, and other diamonds are set at the junction of the bezel and the ring. The sapphire is 0.6 inch at its greatest diameter. The ring was worn by Edward VII. and by George V. (Fig. 22). Queen Victoria's ring is copied on a small scale from the ring of William IV. It is of gold set with a cabochon sapphire just over half an inch at its greatest diameter. The sapphire has on it a cross of five rubies, four rectangular and one square, all enclosed in a framework of twenty-four small brilliants. There are other diamonds at the junction of the bezel (Fig. 24).