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Antique Rose Gold Opal Ring From Great Britain, Circa 1940


€ 1,290.00 *
Content 1 piece
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Antique Rose Gold Opal Ring From Great Britain, Circa 1940
Antique Rose Gold Opal Ring From Great Britain, Circa 1940
Description
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A large opal from Australia forms the center of this hand-forged ring. Over a bluish base colour, it shows an intense play of colours. Like clouds in a wall, flashes of red and green wander across the stone alongside shades of yellow and blue. Cut into a cabochon, the stone weighs about 4.00 ct. Did you know that it was a German who found the first precious opals in the Australian desert and recognized their potential as a gemstone? It was the geologist Johannes Menge. There is a written record of the first discovery of precious opals in 1872. Commercial mining then began in Queensland in the 1890s and further opal fields were discovered at Lightning Ridge in 1900, Coober Pedy in 1915 and Andamooka in 1930. The ring sets the opal in warm shiny rose gold. The design is quite restrained, the frame holding the opal is simply designed and the ring band also does without further ornamentation. It is the wonderful stone on which all attention is focused here. The ring is in very good condition. We found it in London. Probably it was also made in Great Britain, we date it to the middle of the 20th century.
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Antique Rose Gold Opal Ring From Great Britain, Circa 1940
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€ 1,290.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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