Chasing Beauty

Hand-Wrought Ring in High-Carat Gold With Amethyst & Diamonds, Circa 1935


€ 1,790.00 *
Content 1 piece
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Hand-Wrought Ring in High-Carat Gold With Amethyst & Diamonds, Circa 1935
Hand-Wrought Ring in High-Carat Gold With Amethyst & Diamonds, Circa 1935
Description
This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!
Chasing is one of the oldest and most complex techniques in metalworking, and it plays a special role in goldsmithing. It is a plastic forming of metal in which reliefs, curvatures or entire figures are "driven" into a sheet of metal by targeted hammer blows. The technique makes it possible to create three-dimensional shapes from a flat piece of metal - completely without casting, without soldering, just by hand and the force of the hammer blows. We can see this very impressively in this 20-carat gold ring, as it was hammered from a single piece of gold. Its shape corresponds to the type of a "boat ring", which is built up across the finger. In the center, we see a natural bufftop-cut amethyst, the top of which has been cut into a cabochon, while its underside has fine facets. Beautiful old-cut diamonds are set to the left and right. The ring face itself has an almost sculptural design, as the gemstones are set in a concave bowl in a surrounding bead. The hammer strokes can be seen across the entire surface of the ring in the form of fine marquetry. We date the ring, which came to us from Nuremberg, to the 1930s - and we can say with some certainty that it is a unique piece.
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Hand-Wrought Ring in High-Carat Gold With Amethyst & Diamonds, Circa 1935
Chasing Beauty
€ 1,790.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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