Delicate Diamond and Emerald Necklace in Platinum, c. 1910

Disques Tout Platine

Delicate Diamond and Emerald Necklace in Platinum, c. 1910

€ 4,980.00 ^*

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Description

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"Very fine, thin platinum chains with a large pendant are also worn. The characteristic shape of the pendants is always round and sometimes quite large and always openwork," wrote the Deutsche Goldschmiede-Zeitung in 1910 in a "Fashion report from Monte-Carlo" (issue 17 (1910), p. 145). Here, on the elegant boulevards of the Azure coast, bohemians and aristocrats alike spent carefree days showing off the latest jewelry creations. These large, round pendants were called "plaques" or "disques" and were made in numerous variations of the decoration of the filling. This pendant corresponds to this type and is particularly subtle, as the shape dissolves into filigree bars and is almost reminiscent of textile lace. A total of 95 old and rose cut diamonds give this piece of jewellery the seductive white sparkle that was so popular in jewellery fashions at the beginning of the 20th century. As a special finesse, the outer frame in the form of a quatrefoil is formed not only by rose cut diamonds, but also by a fine row of matching emeralds set in a channel setting of high-carat gold. The emeralds are, in the parlance of the time, "calibrated" cut, i.e. shaped precisely so that they form an unbroken line when set side by side. Using gemstones in this way became fashionable shortly before the First World War: they are often found in emerald, ruby and sapphire jewellery of the 1910s. Numerous very beautiful examples can be found, for example, in a catalog from the Bansse company in Paris, which can be viewed online here. We have included a page from the catalog that shows the different ways in which this motif could be used. The jewel is of particularly fine quality and reveals the artistic flair and high craftsmanship of its time. The pendant loop was renewed in white gold at a later date. We discovered this piece of jewellery in Munich.

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Disques Tout Platine

€ 4,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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