Victorian Beauty

Antique Pearl and Diamond Ring in Silver on Gold, British, c. 1885


€ 1,490.00 *
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Antique Pearl and Diamond Ring in Silver on Gold, British, c. 1885
Antique Pearl and Diamond Ring in Silver on Gold, British, c. 1885
Description
This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!
Imperial jewels, diamonds weighing dozens of carats and equally precious natural pearls lie behind steel and glass in museums today – as silent witnesses to a bygone era. But it was not only these showpieces that once shaped the image of their time. It was above all the smaller, wearable, but no less artfully crafted jewels: those given to a young mother, worn by a debutante to her first ball, or long saved up for in order to gift them to one's beloved. With wise foresight, the Deutsche Goldschmiede-Zeitung asked as early as 1904: "Where else but in private ownership are the living witnesses of the beauty of our time and its aspirations to be kept and preserved?" (DGZ 1904, P. 154). One such piece, a witness of its time, is the ring presented here, which was created in Great Britain towards the end of the 19th century, during the reign of Queen Victoria. Six natural pearls, each in an individual color, have been joined together to form a flower with a small old-cut diamond sparkling in the middle. The hexagonal frame, which lends the romantic motif a certain austerity, is unusual: it consists of silver and other diamonds that surround the blossom with its cool white shimmer. The gallery of the ring face and the three-part ring band are made of high-carat, slightly reddish gold. A beautiful and yet very wearable, understated ring from the Victorian era. We discovered it in Frankfurt.
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Antique Pearl and Diamond Ring in Silver on Gold, British, c. 1885
Victorian Beauty
€ 1,490.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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