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my nugget.

No. 101 · The Assay Office

Tablet nugget ring

A framed face, filled with relief. A tablet nugget ring in solid 14K gold or sterling silver.

$3,380

from 16.8 gof solid 14K gold at US 10 (our reference size)

Estimated from the 3D file we cast from; your certificate shows the estimated weight.

Same price at every size

Metal

Solid 14K yellow gold: the warm yellow of our pictures. Compare the metals

The same ring in sterling silver, at one fixed price, our lowest. Silver darkens with time; a polishing cloth brings it back. Compare the metals

Same design, same 3D file, same casting: only the metal changes the price, never the size.

Find your size · Comfort-fit interior in the 3D design.

We cast the exact US size you pick; resizing after your order has a fee. Our sizing rule

Wide fit: this ring sits snugly, so we suggest half a size above your usual size.

Made and shipped within 15 business daysMade to order: about 2 to 3 weeks at the workshop, 15 business days at most (weekends and public holidays not counted), then carrier transit.

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The story of Tablet

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The Blanche Barkly nugget was about 28 inches long and only 1 to 2 inches thick.

On August 27, 1857, at Kingower in Victoria, four miners dug out a nugget 13 feet down. It was about 28 inches long but only 1 to 2 inches thick: more a plate of gold than a lump. Named the Blanche Barkly, after the governor’s daughter, it was shown at the Crystal Palace and then, according to an account one of its finders published in 1902, melted into sovereigns. Tablet is a flat plate of gold: a cushion-shaped face in a polished frame, filled with nugget relief, on smooth shoulders.

Description
  • A cushion-shaped face with softly rounded corners sits inside a polished frame. Nugget relief fills the face, and smooth shoulders narrow into a plain band.
  • Part of The Assay Office: set inside a bar, an ingot or a stepped frame. See the collection

Tablet weight and dimensions

Estimated weight by US size
US size14K yellow goldSterling silver
US 6from 15.4 gfrom 12.1 g
US 8from 16.1 gfrom 12.7 g
US 10from 16.8 gfrom 13.3 g
US 12from 17.5 gfrom 13.8 g
US 14from 18.2 gfrom 14.4 g
Reference
No. 101
Registry
Numbered in the Originals registry

The ring

Metal
14K yellow gold
Weight in 14K, US 10
from 16.8 g
Weight in sterling silver, US 10
from 13.3 g
Top width, along the finger
15.6 mm
Band width at the base
4.3 mm
Height above the finger
3.5 mm
Interior
Comfort fit: slightly domed, rounded edges
Fit
Wide fit, half a size up
Wear
Occasion

Your order details identify the selected metal. Weights are estimated from the 3D file we cast from. How the estimate works · The rounded comfort-fit interior is part of the 3D design we cast from.

The nugget relief

Collection
The Assay Office
Relief
Set inside a bar, an ingot or a stepped frame
Casting
In one piece with the band, from the 3D file

Ordering

All our services

Making
Cast in your size after you order, in about 2 to 3 weeks. Making and shipping
Shipping
Free shipping in the US. Shipping terms
Returns
Rings without engraving, within 30 days of delivery. Returns and refunds
Size
The exact US size you pick; resizing after your order has a fee. Our sizing rule
Engraving
Up to 14 characters inside, $55; engraved rings cannot be returned. Engraving
Care
Mild soap for 14K gold, a polishing cloth for silver. Caring for your ring
Trade-in
A ring you return can be credited at its recovered metal value. How the credit is worked out

The IWMN experience

About the collection, the workshop and the gold

No. 531 Octagon nugget ring in 14K yellow gold, on a ledge of dark slate

The Assay Office

The Assay Office nugget collection: rings in solid 14K gold or sterling silver shaped like the bars, ingots, octagons and stepped frames of the assay trade, the nugget relief set inside them; most are nugget signet rings. At the assay office, loose gold was melted, tested for fineness and cast into stamped bars.

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The workshop

Our workshop makes engagement rings. It casts each nugget ring in your size after you order, from the 3D file I draw, and the certificate gives the metal and the estimated weight.

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14K or silver

Solid 14K gold keeps the warm yellow of our pictures. Sterling silver is the same ring again. Each has one fixed price per design.

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Questions about Tablet

What size should I order in Tablet?

Half a size above your usual size: Tablet has a wide fit and sits snugly. We cast the exact US size you pick, 4 to 15, half sizes included.

Ring size chart

How much does Tablet weigh in my size?

In solid 14K gold, from 15.4 g at US 6, from 16.8 g at US 10, from 18.2 g at US 14; in sterling silver, from 13.3 g at US 10. The weights are estimated from the 3D file we cast from, and the weight table on this page gives more sizes.

How is Tablet different from Monolith?

Both are in The Assay Office. Tablet: a top 15.6 mm wide along the finger, 3.5 mm high, from 16.8 g in 14K at US 10, marked Occasion. Monolith: a top 20.0 mm wide along the finger, 3.4 mm high, from 18.3 g in 14K at US 10, marked Occasion.

No. 504 Monolith

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