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Antique Marquise Ring with Opal and Pearls in Gold, c. 1900


€ 1,190.00 *
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Antique Marquise Ring with Opal and Pearls in Gold, c. 1900
Antique Marquise Ring with Opal and Pearls in Gold, c. 1900
Description
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Opal’s ability to change with every movement and produce a wide variety of colour reflections has fascinated people since ancient times. The ancient Greeks, for example, “believed these stones to be fragments of Phoebus’s shattered sun chariot; they thought it bestowed the gift of clairvoyance upon its owner, dispelled melancholy, and brought lovers together.” So wrote the German journal *Der Bazar* in 1886 in an article about myths associated with popular gemstones. In those years, a major opal craze began, fueled by the discovery of precious opals in Australian mines, which made their way throughout Europe via Great Britain. This ring, dating from the turn of the 19th century, features a central opal in a marquise-shaped cabochon cut. It is surrounded by pearls with a beautiful luster, set in reddish, lustrous 14-karat gold. The ring’s marquise shape follows 18th-century designs. The marquise cut is also said to have originated during that period: legend has it that King Louis XV of France commissioned a gem cutter to develop a cut that resembled his mistress’s mouth. She was none other than the Marquise de Pompadour, after whom this pointed oval shape is named to this day.
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Antique Marquise Ring with Opal and Pearls in Gold, c. 1900
Shimmering Ship
€ 1,190.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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