Delicate Antique Necklace with Diamonds in Platinum on Gold, c. 1910

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Delicate Antique Necklace with Diamonds in Platinum on Gold, c. 1910

€ 1,690.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Description

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

The elegant necklace is designed as a "Y". A pendant consisting of sparkling diamonds in platinum settings is firmly attached to a delicate chain in an anchor pattern. The design begins with a stylized bow. Attached to a delicate bar, it holds a drop-shaped frame. It encloses a sparkling, 0.25 ct old-cut diamond. Further, smaller diamonds adorn the bars and bow bands. Necklaces of this type were created at the beginning of the 20th century in many different designs and styles. This one is particularly finely crafted and beautifully decorated: The diamonds are of good quality and the hand-crafted bars and settings are admirably perfect. The use of platinum on a gold base and the antique cuts of the diamonds allow us to date the necklace to c. 1910. Making jewellery with a platinum on gold backing was the usual process at the time for creating white, brightly shining pieces of jewellery. There were technical (and price!) reasons for this; platinum had not been used in jewellery making for so long and posed great challenges for goldsmiths. Therefore, they continued to use yellow gold and put on a stable display side made of platinum rather than creating the entire piece of jewellery from this expensive metal. We were able to purchase this beautiful necklace here in Berlin. It has reached us with its probably original case, which comes from the assortment of the jeweller H. Loewenson from Tilsit in East Prussia. The company had existed in Tilsit since 1830 and was the first house in the town.

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The fashion of the first decade after 1900 brought a completely new development. As before, the pieces of jewellery made of platinum, silver and diamonds shone in bright white. However, the shapes now became lighter, more delicate, even ethereal. The increasingly practiced use of platinum in particular made it possible to create the most delicate bars and structures. Hardly more than the threads in a spider's web, these designs stretch out like an airy web, whether as a pendant, a brooch or a ring. And they always feature shining diamonds.

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€ 1,690.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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