Tribute to the Suffragettes

Colorful Ring with Peridot, Amethyst & Diamonds in Gold, circa 1900 & later

€ 1,190.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Colorful Ring with Peridot, Amethyst & Diamonds in Gold, circa 1900 & later

Description

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

Today, the equality of men and women before the state is an undisputed feature of Western cultures and it is impossible to imagine our society without it. And yet it did not fall from the sky - rather, the road to it was an uphill struggle. A lot of blood and tears were shed before women were allowed to participate in political elections for the first time in Germany in 1919. This social change became possible because strong women joined forces and took organized action against prevailing injustice. The central figures in the fight for equal rights in Great Britain were the so-called suffragettes (from English/French suffrage, "choice"), who, as radical women's rights activists, resisted male domination to the point of disrupting official events and public hunger strikes. The suffragette movement was carried primarily by women of the middle classes. Jewelry set with precious stones in the emblematic colors of green, white, and purple became established as their distinctive mark and symbol. The first letters of the colors green, white and violet form a sentence that sums up everything the suffragettes fought for: "Give Women Vote. The ring here displays these symbolic colors in the form of three purple amethysts, two green peridots and small white diamonds. But even if the arrangement, the choice of the stones and the shape of the ring make you think of the time of the suffragettes - the ring in this form was probably created in more recent times. The ring itself is antique, but its set of colored stones has probably been added only in recent years. It is therefore a piece of jewelry that was created as a tribute to the suffragette movement, and even today keeps the memory of the pioneers around Emmeline Pankhurst alive.

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Tribute to the Suffragettes

€ 1,190.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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