Cute Earrings with Synthetic Rubies in Gold, circa 1930

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Cute Earrings with Synthetic Rubies in Gold, circa 1930

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In 1891, Auguste Verneuil achieved a major breakthrough in gemstone cultivation techniques that revolutionized the jewelry world at the turn of the century: For Verneuil’s laboratory-grown rubies were virtually indistinguishable from natural stones in terms of structure and colour and became the dernier cri of the fashion world, as they made pieces of jewellery set with large stones more affordable. The high regard in which these man-made gemstones were held is illustrated, for example, by an essay by the German mineralogist Dr. Alfred Eppler, who wrote about them in the *Deutsche Goldschmiede-Zeitung* in 1910: “Since science and technology have advanced to the point of producing beautiful synthetic rubies—some of which are so superbly crafted that even the scholar’s most sophisticated tools threaten to fail in distinguishing them from natural ones—why should their potential uses be restricted?” (Alfred Eppler: “Synthetic Gemstones,” in: Deutsche Goldschmiede-Zeitung 7 (1910), pp. 61ff., here p. 62). Nevertheless, a lively debate arose over whether synthetic stones should always be labeled as such or whether they were not actually equivalent to natural rubies. The key difference, however, was already evident back then—as it is today—the price. A pair of earrings with natural rubies of this size would be significantly more expensive. The pink-red stones, cut in a high cabochon style, are set in star-shaped settings made of rose gold and feature a surrounding border. The delicate earrings are in very good condition and found their way to us here in Berlin.

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