{"id":14902,"date":"2018-04-03T20:35:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T19:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/\/?post_type=saviez-vous&#038;p=14902"},"modified":"2020-11-18T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T13:04:47","slug":"george-sand-ring-mystery","status":"publish","type":"saviez-vous","link":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/saviez-vous\/george-sand-ring-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"The mystery of George Sand\u2019s ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No one had yet identified the stone adorning the ring that George Sand received from her grandmother, who had received it in turn from the Grande Dauphine Marie-Jos\u00e8phe (mother of Louis XVI). There was talk at first of a bright red ruby and then of a &#8220;colourless sapphire&#8221;. Thanks to the miniaturization of tools, the experts Delphine Chabert, G\u00e9rard Panczer and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/it-joailliers\/talisman-de-charlemagne-palais-tau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geoffray Riondet<\/a> have finally been able to examine the stone at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museevieromantique.paris.fr\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Museum of Romantic Life<\/a>, where it is on display. The mystery has been solved: it is a barely bluish sapphire placed on a silver foil colored red to imitate the intensity of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/style\/olivier-segura-director-of-the-french-gemmology-laboratory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ruby<\/a>. Nevertheless, this ring described by George Sand in &#8220;L&#8217;histoire de ma vie&#8221; remains extremely precious.<\/p>\n<p>Gemmological results unveiled at the <a href=\"http:\/\/salonobjetdart.expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Objet d&#8217;art fair<\/a>, from 13 to 15 April, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one had yet identified the stone adorning the ring that George Sand received from her grandmother, who had received it in turn from the Grande Dauphine Marie-Jos\u00e8phe (mother of Louis XVI). There was talk at first of a bright red ruby and then of a &#8220;colourless sapphire&#8221;. 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