Waiting for Spring

Large Art Deco "Plaque" Ring with Emerald & Diamonds, Germany c. 1925


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Large Art Deco "Plaque" Ring with Emerald & Diamonds, Germany c. 1925
Large Art Deco "Plaque" Ring with Emerald & Diamonds, Germany c. 1925
Description
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"The Veneralia [the ancient festival of Venus, the goddess of love] was celebrated annually amidst blossoming plants and flowers, in gardens and green meadows, in honor of Venus, who welcomed Adonis back from the underworld in all his radiant beauty. The ceremonies were held towards the end of April, when the sun was in the sign of Venus and Taurus, and they have survived in later May customs. The jewel associated with these ceremonies had to be green (...). The emerald was a sacred stone of this season. This jewel was well known to ancient civilizations, especially the Egyptians and Ethiopians, in whose mines this stone was mainly extracted." Translated from Isidore Kozminsky: The Magic & Science of Jewels and Stones, New York 1922, p. 23. Why the emerald is still associated with spring thousands of years later is illustrated by this ring from the heyday of Art Deco. In the middle of two old-cut diamonds set in frames, a rectangular faceted emerald is placed, which makes the white of the ring appear even more radiant. A total of 18 smaller old-cut diamonds frame the ensemble and adorn the setting of the ring face in slightly accentuated settings. The platinum ring gains its impact not only from the interplay of the gemstones, but also from its sophisticated surface design. Delicately sawn recesses surround the stones, lined with fine millegrains. In this way, the ring shows us why the craftsmanship of Art Deco, characterized by sheer endless finesse, is still so highly valued around a century later. The ring came to us from Hamburg.
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Large Art Deco "Plaque" Ring with Emerald & Diamonds, Germany c. 1925
Waiting for Spring
€ 2,980.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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