One Day in October

Antique Victorian Ring with Opal in Gold, Birmingham 1887

€ 1,690.00 ^*

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Antique Victorian Ring with Opal in Gold, Birmingham 1887

Description

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"The opal, October's gem, recalls in its wonderful and varied play of color the glories of a bright October day in the country, when earth and sky vie with each other in brilliancy and the eye is fairly dazzled with the bewildering variety of color." - Loosely translated: "The opal, the jewel of the month of October, reminds us in its manifold play of colors of a bright October day in the country, when earth and sky vie with each other in brilliancy and the eye is fairly dazzled with the bewildering variety of color." (George F. Kunz, The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, 1913) The custom of assigning gemstones to certain months or signs of the zodiac is centuries old. For over a century, opal has been assigned to October. The gemologist George Kunz explained why back in 1913 in the quote above. In fact, the play of colors in this opal is reminiscent of such an October day: on a milky base color like white mist, red reflections flash like copper-red leafy branches waving in the wind, green and blue appear in between like fields fading into the distance. The opals of the finest jewelry quality, which arrived in England in the 1880s, were imported from the farthest corner of the British Empire: For they came from Australia, where these colorful stones had only recently begun to be mined. As a result, there was a great fashion for Australian opals, of which this ring is an early example. The ring sets an opal with particularly highly prized red reflections in an airy setting of high-carat gold. A simple ring band follows. The ring, which according to the hallmark was made in Birmingham in 1887, is beautifully preserved and is not only a valuable collector's item, but also comfortable to wear.

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One Day in October

€ 1,690.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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