Pair of Antique Buckles with Antique Table-Cut Diamonds, Spain, ca. 1890

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Pair of Antique Buckles with Antique Table-Cut Diamonds, Spain, ca. 1890

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Jewellery isn’t just rings and brooches, necklaces, and sparkling tiaras. Any object can become a piece of jewellery; ultimately, it’s just a matter of scale, custom, and the times. During the beauty-obsessed years of the Rococo era—and even in the turbulent years around 1800—precious ribbons and the buckles that held them in place were all the rage among ladies (though not only among them!). People collected silk ribbons and wove them into the sleeves and waists of their elegant dresses, wore them on their calves, or as garters. Shoes and belts, too, glistened and sparkled in the glow of exquisitely adorned buckles made of gold and silver, set with diamonds and precious stones. Two such buckles—or rather, sliders for velvet or silk ribbons—are presented here. They are made of silver and take the form of two S-shaped lines superimposed on one another, so that each forms a curved “X.” They are set with beautiful diamonds that were likely cut as early as the 17th century. These include large, slightly cushion-shaped table cuts and rose cut diamonds. A total of 2.28 ct of diamonds are set, with the centers of the designs featuring particularly large diamonds: on one clasp, this is a white diamond; on the other, a light brown diamond. The two sliders can be used in very different ways: Like jewelry, these objects were not permanently attached to clothing in earlier times, but were fastened and worn according to the occasion. Whether on the arms, the shoes, as a Collier de Chien, or on the leg was left to the wearer’s personal taste. These two diamond-set clasps came to us from Madrid. The delicate milgrains and the open-set diamonds suggest they were likely created in the final years of the 19th century, when the fashion for historicism drew inspiration from the design language of older pieces of jewellery.

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