Roger Lucas (Canadian, b. 1936), designer, Cartier (French, est. 1847), manufacturer, Ring, circa 1969, gold, diamonds, emerald, ruby, sapphire, turquoise

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Made by Roger Lucas for Cartier around 1969, Lucas was a Canadian designer who was born in 1936. Cartier is a French jewelry house established in 1847.

This ring is made of textured yellow gold. The ring portion is squared off with flat, round, smooth gold embellishments that wrap the form. It is topped with a textured sphere with small divots in it that are each filled with a single precious or semi-precious stone.

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Made by Roger Lucas for Cartier around 1969, Lucas was a Canadian designer who was born in 1936. Cartier is a French jewelry house established in 1847.

Roger Lucas created one-of-a-kind pieces with a timeless quality, and although precious stones were sometimes incorporated, he considered his jewelry artwork, not investments. Thinking of himself as a designer first, a jeweler second, Lucas felt his work could just as easily be translated into large-scale public sculptures.

From his Astronaut series, this ring was inspired by the moon landing by American astronauts in 1969. Lucas was deeply affected by this event and felt compelled to translate it into jewelry. This geometric band is crowned with a sphere with crater-like depressions and a textural surface that resembles the moon. Each ‘crater’ is filled with a different colored precious or semi-precious stone.

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