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Antique Ring with Natural Salt Water Pearls & Diamonds in Platinum, circa 1920

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Antique Ring with Natural Salt Water Pearls & Diamonds in Platinum, circa 1920

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This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!

"Which was the first precious stone that fascinated man? Possibly the pearl, in that its beauty was at once manifest when the mollusc was opened, for it needed neither to be cut nor polished, and its discovery was probably incidental to search for food." Francis Stopford: The Romance of the Jewel, London 1920. The pearl and the diamond were long equals in jewellery history, for until the early 20th century, each pearl had to be retrieved by divers. The vast majority of oysters did not bear pearls – mother-of-pearl buttons were then cut from their shells. But if an oyster did contain a pearl, the joy was all the greater, for these pearls were extremely precious due to their rarity. Especially beautiful, large pearls were real rarities. Often these were then chosen as the centerpiece of fine jewellery pieces. This unusual ring sets five of these sea treasures in a frame of diamonds. The pearls are of a slightly baroque bouton shape, so that they do not protrude too far beyond the ring face, but blend harmoniously into the set. Each of the natural saltwater pearls has its own hue, its own shape. Delicate shades of pink, cream and gray shimmer with creamy luster. Presumably, these are pearls from the Persian Gulf, from which their trade name is derived anyway: Orient pearls. Already in ancient times divers found the finest pearls here. The ring was created in the years around 1920 – shortly before the popularization of the cultured pearl – and is accompanied by a recent Dutch expert opinion on the authenticity of the pearls. We were able to discover it in Cologne.

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