Private Collection, United States

William Grant, Andrew Grima: The Father of Modern Jewellery, ACC Art Books, Ne🔜w York, 2020, pp. 151, 218 for similar examples

This Versatile Opal, Diamond, and Platinum Ring by Andrew Grima has flexibility to suit the wearer worked into its very design. Created with a brooch back that can be strung and converted to a pendant, it also comes with a finger band to which a thin pipe is affixed. The pin backing, once opened, can be slid into the pipe atop the ring band and then closed, creating a secure statement ring that for all the world appears to have been made that way. Just another example of Grima’s brilliance — and the sensible, artful construction that he brought to his works. A similar example can be seen in William Grant, Andrew Grima: The Father of Modern Jewellery, ACC Art Books, New Yor♌k, 2020, p. 218, which also features an opal cabochon set into a sunburst of white gold and diamonds, but it is permanently a ring rather than the versatile piece t🎶hat we offer here.