Heavy Fin de Siècle Gold Men's Ring with Peridot, c. 1895

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Heavy Fin de Siècle Gold Men's Ring with Peridot, c. 1895

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Description

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

In the 18th century, sparkling buttons, luxurious shoe buckles and brocade coats in bright colours were part of the elegant gentleman's basic outfit. After the French Revolution, however, taste became more restrained. The wealthy bourgeois now represented his wealth through his wife's jewellery. As the gentleman's outfit now only allowed for a few pieces of jewellery - the watch chain, the tie pin and perhaps a signet ring - these pieces were sometimes all the more detailed. This heavy gold ring is an example of a magnificent men's ring from the Fin de Siécle. It is extremely ornate and features two winged mermaids with naked torsos bearing a large, shining peridot. The figurative design continues throughout the entire ring band, so that the ring is artfully designed from every perspective. At the bottom, the mermaids appear to grow out of swaying reeds, and the setting of the high-quality peridot, which weighs around 4.00 ct and has an intense, wonderful color, is also decorated with chased leaves. Men's rings with sculpted, chased designs such as this one, with mermaids, but also with sphinxes, tendrils, Celtic motifs or vine leaves, became fashionable from around 1880. Initially with motifs that were still strongly oriented towards historicism, and then with increasingly modern designs that, as here, show the influence of Art Nouveau. An illustration in Henri Vever's standard work La Bijouterie Francaise provides a nice overview of the variety of designs, as shown on the corresponding page above. They are explicitly described there as men's rings. Based on the hallmark on the ring, we assume that this ring was made in Germany. As peridots came into fashion towards the end of the 19th century, we date the ring to the years shortly before 1900. Cf. Henri Vever: La bijouterie française au XIXe siècle (1800 - 1900), 3 vols., Paris 1906-1908, here vol. 3: Troisieme Republique. 1870-1900, Paris 1908, p. 555.

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