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Delicate Ring with Blister Pearl & Rose Cut Diamonds in Gold & Silver, circa 1890

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Delicate Ring with Blister Pearl & Rose Cut Diamonds in Gold & Silver, circa 1890

Description

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

It is impossible to imagine the world of jewellery without the pearl. However, before the Japanese entrepreneur Mikimoto invented cultured pearl farming and thus revolutionized the pearl market in the 1920s, real pearls were so rare and so precious that, depending on their size, they were priced like diamonds. For jewellery other than pearl necklaces, for which full-round pearls are needed, not only round pearls were used, but also the so-called blister pearls, also called pearl shells. These are created differently than the full round pearl on the shell. Such a natural blister pearl has become the center of a small flower here. It is surrounded by petals of rose-cut diamonds set in silver. The gallery and shank of the ring, on the other hand, are made of rose gold, typical of the late 19th century. The split curved ring shoulders harmoniously mediate between the shank and the ring face. The hallmarks show that the ring was hallmarked once by the assay office of Gouda in the Netherlands in the post-1987 period in order to get back into the trade. In the Netherlands we could also discover the beautiful ring.

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In the late 19th century, not only full-round pearls grown in the muscle tissue of the mussel were used for jewelry, but also those that were firmly attached to the mussel shell. Such pearls are formed when predators of the mussel try to penetrate the mussel shell to get to the mussel meat. The defensible mussel seals the pierced shell with nacre, which also creates pearls, but they are firmly attached to the mussel shell. These resulting beads are called blister beads and we regularly find them in antique jewelry.

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€ 1,290.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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