FREE: VINTAGE CLARK & COOMBS STERLING SILVER MARQUIS HEMATITE RING

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Beautiful Vintage Sterling Silver Ring by Clark & Coombs circa 1950, Size 7. Set with a Marquis faceted Hematite Gem.

Clark & Coombs was founded in 1872 as a burnisher and finishers for a large silverware manufacturer located in North Attleboro, MA. After that company moved to New York, Clark & Coombs began the manufacture of rings. Soon after the death of Coombs in 1889, the firm moved to Providence, RI, where William Clark, Jr. continued the business. His son, W. Osmond Clark, became a member of the firm in 1892; later, another son, Arthur I. Clark, was admitted. The business was incorporated on April 1, 1903. W. Osmond Clark died on December 6, 1906. The business was continued by William Clark and his son, Arthur, until the former's death in March 1918. From circa 1940 to the present, the company name has been Clark & Coombs Company.


Hematite is used to improve relationships. If you need your personal relationship to be better, carry a hematite with you always.

The name comes from the Greek word for blood. It has been used as an amulet against bleeding, and so is known as the "blood stone". When arranged like the petals of a flower, it is referred to as the "iron rose". Native American folklore states that war paint made from hematite will make one invincible in battle. People in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries wore hematite jewelry during mourning.
Scientists of the Mars Exploration Rover Project believe that deposits of hematite on Mars may help prove whether large amounts of liquid water ever flowed on Mars' surface. They say that where water was, life may have had a chance to thrive as well.

Hematite is good for increasing intuition. In jewelry it is best in a ring worn on the left hand.