Joie de Vivre

Antique Toi-et-moi Ring With Sapphire & Diamonds In Gold & Platinum, ca. 1900


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Antique Toi-et-moi Ring With Sapphire & Diamonds In Gold & Platinum, ca. 1900
Antique Toi-et-moi Ring With Sapphire & Diamonds In Gold & Platinum, ca. 1900
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Luxury, joie de vivre and the celebration of beauty were the ideal of the years around 1900: the Belle Époque revelled in wealth and splendor. Never before had so much precious jewellery been produced, for productive gemstone mines were known, trade routes were linked across continents, and the upper middle classes, who had become wealthy through industrialization, had the necessary means at their disposal. Even precious diamond jewellery could be ordered from catalogues addressed to the wealthy bourgeoisie. Soft shapes, elegant sweeps, and jewels gleaming in platinum dominated the displays of the jewellery stores. The present ring is a typical and at the same time particularly beautiful piece of jewellery from those years. The ends of the ring band are lost in two generous sweeps, each framing a gemstone: A pretty, slightly cushion-shaped old-cut diamond and a gorgeous medium-blue Ceylon-cut sapphire. Smaller diamond roses and two more old-cut diamonds set the platinum-covered ornaments, making them sparkle in the light. The two large gemstones set as equal protagonists make the piece of jewellery a so-called Toi-et-Moi ring: the French term alludes to the fact that the gemstones represent two lovers. Even Napoleon gave Joséphine a Toi-et-moi ring with sapphire and diamond, but especially at the turn of the century this type of ring became very popular. Our ring came to us from Minden and was probably made in England.
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Antique Toi-et-moi Ring With Sapphire & Diamonds In Gold & Platinum, ca. 1900
Joie de Vivre
€ 1,980.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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