Magnificent Diamond Bracelet in Silver on Gold, St. Petersburg, c. 1910

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Magnificent Diamond Bracelet in Silver on Gold, St. Petersburg, c. 1910

€ 8,980.00 ^*

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Description

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It was not only in Vienna, Paris and London that exquisite jewellery was created in the fashionable styles of the day. The great cities further east, too, were home to remarkable jewellers and their magnificent creations, whether in Odessa, Moscow or St Petersburg. This beautiful bracelet takes us to the last of these cities. Crafted in gold with a silver-set front, the bracelet is distinguished by its cool, understated elegance. Its central section flows gracefully from the slender linked band, gradually widening to reveal a particularly beautiful diamond in the Old European Cut. This magnificent central stone is surrounded by thirty further diamonds in historic cuts, bringing the total diamond weight to approximately 3.90 carats. The hallmarks on the clasp confirm that the bracelet was made in St Petersburg between 1908 and 1927. We believe it most likely dates from the final years before the Russian Revolution of 1917. This exquisite piece of antique jewellery came to us from Frankfurt am Main.

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Many fashions and shifts in taste arise from a departure from previously accepted norms. For nearly every generation, their parents’ tastes seem bland and boring: the sweeping curves of Art Nouveau, for example, were followed by the jagged geometries of Art Deco. But a change can also have entirely different causes. The widespread popularity of gleaming white diamond jewellery at the turn of the century, for example, was heralded not least by a technical innovation: the introduction of electric light! As the electric incandescent light bulb increasingly replaced the warm-yellow gaslight that had prevailed until then toward the end of the 19th century, not only did the night shine as brightly as the day, but the nature of the lighting itself changed—suddenly becoming not only brighter but also whiter! As a result, many pieces of jewellery that had previously sparkled mysteriously now appeared dull and yellowish—whether because the stones used were not of the highest quality or because yellow gold cast its warm glow over the light of the diamonds set within them. The jewelers of the time quickly came up with a solution. The new jewellery of the era featured only truly brilliant white diamonds set in silver, platinum, and later white gold, thus radiating a heavenly, unclouded, white beauty—this major modernization practically compelled people to buy new jewellery.

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€ 8,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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