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Antique Opal and Diamond Negligé Necklace, c. 1910


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Antique Opal and Diamond Negligé Necklace, c. 1910
Antique Opal and Diamond Negligé Necklace, c. 1910
Description
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The discovery of the rich opal deposits in Australia towards the end of the 19th century caused a real mania, as such intensely coloured opals had hardly been known before. Australian opals captivated with their bright colours and unique play of light. In order to emphasize their value, they were particularly popular alongside diamonds: "Indeed an excellent combination, as the diamonds lend their brilliance to these semi-precious stones and thus produce wonderful colur effects," as the German ladies' journal Der Bazar informed its readers as early as 1889. This necklace was created around two decades later – the fascination with Australian opals was still unbroken. It presents particularly beautiful specimens of strikingly vivid colours that have come together to form a cloverleaf-like ornament. They are framed by old-cut diamonds, whose cool white really does support the opals to perfection. Two further teardrop-shaped opals are suspended from narrow, articulated pendulums of uneven lengths, turning the piece into a so-called negligé necklace. This unusual and strikingly beautiful piece of jewellery came to us from the south of England. In later times, the necklace, though made of gold, was rhodium-plated to give it a uniform white sheen. The quote from Der Bazar, 35 (December 23, 1889), p. 509.
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Antique Opal and Diamond Negligé Necklace, c. 1910
Somewhere over the Rainbow...
€ 6,690.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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