Elegant Déco Aquamarine and Diamond Pendant Necklace, c. 1930

A Drop of Light

Elegant Déco Aquamarine and Diamond Pendant Necklace, c. 1930

€ 1,490.00 ^*

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Description

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This pendant is a small work of art. Its showpiece is a very light-coloured aquamarine weighing approximately 9.2 carats. It is held in a platinum setting set with diamonds. The stone is shaped in the so-called "briolette cut", a special, elaborate cut that creates an all-round faceted drop from the rough crystal. If the gemstone cutter knows how to align the faces and facets of the stone at exactly the right angles to each other, this cut creates a special firework of light, as here. Pendants with a briolette-cut colored stone under a white gold or platinum setting enjoyed great popularity in the Art Deco era, when electric light illuminated the cities, their bars and cabarets at night. They were usually set with an aquamarine or amethyst, and more rarely with a citrine. The delicate milgrains, the shape of the setting and the design itself refer to the years around 1930. A very similar design can be found in a catalog of the jeweler F. Todt from the 1931/32 season. We reproduce the corresponding page last. The piece of jewellery is in very good condition and made of white gold with a platinum display side; three small diamonds are set in fine millegrain settings. We have added a new platinum chain to the pendant, which came to us from central Germany.

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Aquamarines were extremely rare in 19th century jewellery, but experienced a surge in popularity during the Art Deco period of the 1920s and 1930s. On the one hand, this light blue variety of beryl complemented the cool, elegant fashion of those years, the strict geometries and white designs made of platinum and diamonds - but on the other hand, it was characterized by its ability to shine particularly brightly in electric light. This was often praised in the specialist literature of the early 20th century: "The aquamarine and other bright varieties of beryl are stones which lose none of their brilliance at night," wrote Arthur Herbert Church in 1913, and "All beryls are very brilliant in artificial light and therefore desirable stones for the evening," added Helen Bartlett Bridgman in 1915.

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A Drop of Light

€ 1,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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