In the Evening Light

Large Platinum & Gold Belle Époque Ring with Sapphire & Diamonds, c. 1910

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Large Platinum & Gold Belle Époque Ring with Sapphire & Diamonds, c. 1910

Description

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A natural, dark blue sapphire with light petrol reflections is at the center of this ring. It has a large, flat table, thanks to which it is almost flush with the surrounding rings of diamond roses. All the gemstones are set in platinum. The resulting design language is cool and clear - and yet luxurious. At the sides, three-part ring shoulders lead over to the golden ring band. The ring was created in the years around 1910, when sapphires were all the rage: This was also thanks to the latest technical achievements, namely the spread of electric light. In the yellowish gaslight, which was still quite widespread towards the end of the 19th century, dark shades of blue did not stand out particularly well: "The beauty of rose-color disappears under the gaslight; and all the shades of purple and lilac, the dark-blues and green, lose their brilliancy in artificial light", an American book on etiquette stated as late as 1897. In the cool, clear electric light, however, sapphires were finally able to reveal their full beauty - and so, at the same time as the triumph of electricity, we also find blue sapphires more frequently in festive evening jewels of the early 20th century. The quote from Thos. E. Hill, The New Revised Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms (Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company, 1897), p. 180.

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Content 1 piece

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