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Filigree Solitaire Ring With Old European Cut Diamond in Platinum, USA Circa 1925

€ 2,980.00 ^*

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Filigree Solitaire Ring With Old European Cut Diamond in Platinum, USA Circa 1925

Description

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Although the jewellery fashion of the Western world was already international in the 19th century, regional peculiarities and characteristics developed. In the 1920s, for example, people in Germany preferred flat shapes decorated with jagged saw work. In the USA, on the other hand, dainty filigree made of platinum or white gold was more common. Solitaire rings in particular were often three-dimensional in design to allow plenty of light to reach the precious diamonds. This ring is a strikingly beautiful example of such an engagement ring from the Great Gatsby era. It sets a round old European cut diamond, the direct predecessor of our modern full cut diamond. The diamond of 1.23 ct is already strikingly brilliant and fiery. Its colour, classified as light brown, appears at best slightly warm-toned in the white platinum setting. The setting itself rises centrally above the actual ring to allow the diamond plenty of light. Crafted from a single piece of metal, it arches upward to provide surface area for the finest of openings. Elegant, vegetal tendrils combine here to form a delicate mesh. The beautiful ring is wonderfully preserved. For all its timelessness, it displays the attention to detail that one expects from an antique piece of jewellery.

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Today, the diamond solitaire is considered the classic engagement ring - a tradition that, according to the story, has its origins as early as 1477. In that year, Mary of Burgundy received a diamond engagement ring from Archduke Maximilian of Austria. However, it was not until the late years of the 19th century, in 1886 to be exact, that the image of the diamond solitaire was coined as a classic engagement ring. Louis Comfort Tiffany invented a setting that raised the diamond above the shank, allowing plenty of light to reach it. Since then, numerous variations on the theme of the diamond solitaire have emerged.

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€ 2,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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