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Elegant Engagement Ring with 0.45 ct Old European Cut Diamond, c. 1910

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Unit price €1,590.00 / piece

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Elegant Engagement Ring with 0.45 ct Old European Cut Diamond, c. 1910

Description

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Luxury, joie de vivre and the celebration of beauty were the ideal of the years around 1900: the Belle Époque revelled in wealth and glamour: the world's most beautiful dancers danced at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, society's most amorous couples met on the Ringstrasse in Vienna, and the gowns and diamonds of the ladies at the balls in the elegant Unter den Linden hotels in Berlin shone brightly. Like every era, these years naturally had their own fashions and preferences. Shortly before 1900, it was the vibrant colors of high-carat gold and rose gold that made hearts beat faster: In combination with diamonds, this created sparkling treasures that also stood out from the colorful and exuberant dresses of the time. In the years around 1900, so-called white jewels in cool, white light came to the forefront of fashion. In the case of this ring, too, a sparkling diamond has been placed at the center of the composition. The old-cut gemstone weighs around 0.45 carats and is set in a millegrain-decorated platinum bezel setting, which beautifully accentuates the size of the stone with its bright color. Luxurious platinum also covers the ring shoulders, on which small diamond roses accompany the center stone without stealing the show. The yellow gold ring band, stable and restrained, makes the magnificent diamond the ring. It impresses with fine freehand engravings on the sides of the ring, which exude the spirit of the Belle Époque with their leaf ornaments. The workmanship, material and cut of the diamond allow us to date this ring to around 1910.

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The symbolic act of giving a diamond ring as an engagement gift is first documented in 1477 and goes back to Mary of Burgundy, who received a diamond ring as a promise of fidelity from her future husband Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg. Wearing a ring as a sign of commitment on the third finger of the left hand, on the other hand, was already a custom among the ancient Egyptians, who believed that the "vein of love" connected the heart to the left ring finger.

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€ 1,590.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Unit price €1,590.00 / piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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