American Dream

Elegant Diamond and Emerald Ring in White Gold, New York c. 1930

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Elegant Diamond and Emerald Ring in White Gold, New York c. 1930

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Whether in New York, Paris or Berlin - in the 1920s and 1930s, the strict yet elegant design language of Art Deco was popular in all major cities. While European and especially German rings of the time tended towards flat, elongated designs, US rings of the time were characterized above all by their towering, yet filigree openwork sides. This is a typical American ring of the time. Three white diamonds are set in the center of the transverse ring face, with calibré-cut emeralds accentuating the boat-shaped arrangement. The side view reveals delicate ornamentation in an openwork design reminiscent of fine lace. All of this is made of white gold, a typical American material of those years: David Belais, who founded the jewelry company of the same name in 1863, experimented for many years with gold alloys that combined the white color of platinum with the advantages of gold. When Belais registered his patent in 1918, the German Karl Richter from Pforzheim, who had registered his own, slightly different patent for white gold in 1913, was already ahead of him. However, Richter's invention was hardly used for the time being due to the World War, and so it was ultimately the name Belais that became synonymous with high-carat white gold, at least in the USA, while European goldsmiths more often used platinum or combinations of white gold and platinum. Our ring dates from around 1930 and can be attributed to the New York goldsmiths Untermeyer, Robbins & Co. thanks to its hallmark. It is a delicately crafted testimony to the years of the Great Gatsby, beautifully embodying the cool elegance and the will to progress of those years - and probably once symbolically embodied the "American dream" of glamor and economic success for its first owner.

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American Dream

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Content 1 piece

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