Antique Heart Ring with Opal & Diamond Roses in Gold, Paris c. 1900

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Antique Heart Ring with Opal & Diamond Roses in Gold, Paris c. 1900

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Paris is actually considered the pioneering city of fashion. But when it came to jewellery, even Paris sometimes looked to London, as Great Britain had one of the most flourishing jewellery cultures in the Western world throughout the 19th century. Before reaching the rest of Europe, many precious gemstones first reached the island via global trade routes and were worked by jewellers into ever new pieces of jewellery. Towards the end of the 19th century, it was opals from the British colony of Australia that reached England and triggered a great fashion. As this ring shows, the late Victorian opal fashion was also eagerly taken up in Paris. A heart-shaped, iridescent opal cabochon, glowing in blue and pink with mint green reflections, is surrounded by a frame of diamond roses in platinum. A finely openwork gallery elevates the composition of gemstones above the finger. However, the ring band that holds the heart is not heavy and rigid - it swings out elegantly and asymmetrically to the left and right so that the heart can also be worn at a slight angle on the finger. In this way, the ring, with its essentially British Victorian motif, retains the playful lightness and laissez-faire that characterized Parisian fashion at the turn of the century. We were able to discover this unusual ring in Paris, where, according to its hallmark, it was made and probably remained for the last century. It is in very good condition.

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