Antique Moonstone and Diamond Bracelet in Silver on Gold, c. 1890 & later

Clair de Lune

Antique Moonstone and Diamond Bracelet in Silver on Gold, c. 1890 & later

€ 2,390.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Description

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"I would also like to mention another gemstone, which, of course, has nothing of sunny colorfulness about it, but rather chose the mild, soft moonbeam as its patron saint; it is also named after it: moonlight stone. Originally from Scotland, it only came to the continent as a kind of visitor, but since ladies and misses became the stars of fashion, Parisian women have also taken an interest in clair de lune jewellery, so much so that it has become a fashionable item. The bluish gray, translucent stone looks particularly beautiful, almost melancholy, with black toilets." This is what the German ladies' journal "Der Bazar" reported to its readers in May 1890. Numerous other sources of the time report a veritable rush for this shimmering bluish, clear stone, whose ethereal appearance fitted in so perfectly with the feeling of the times and the artistic sense of those years. Here too, nine of these stones are lined up and shimmer like raindrops in a bed of diamonds. Each moonstone is slightly different, so that each setting has its own unique shape - but all are of wonderful clarity and display the typical, so-called adularescence: The bluish to white shimmer that glides over the surface of the stone when it moves, like the moonlight that gives it its name. The stones are set in silver on gold - a typical design from around 1890, whose simplicity and clarity were conceived as a showcase for special gemstones. Originally probably a bangle, the piece was later transformed into a bracelet - presumably only a few decades after its creation. The fashion of the first decades of the 20th century favored this more delicate and flowing type of jewelry over the rigid bangles of the Victorian era. The bracelet came to us as it is, here in Berlin. The quote from v. G.: 'Modisches für den Sommer', Der Bazar, 36th vol. (May 27, 1890), 201-202 (p. 202).

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Clair de Lune

€ 2,390.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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