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Precious Ruby & Diamond Brooch In Belle Époque Forms, Circa 1980

€ 6,290.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Precious Ruby & Diamond Brooch In Belle Époque Forms, Circa 1980

Description

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

Convincing, beautiful and enchanting jewelry designs have existed in every era. But when it comes to elegant delicacy in design and execution, probably no era has produced such magnificent jewellery creations as those last short years before the outbreak of the First World War. At the height of the Belle Époque, jewellery was created that is still unparalleled today. No wonder, then, that these designs were repeatedly the inspiration for jewellery of subsequent eras. A fine example of this refined style in a later incarnation is the astonishing brooch presented here, with a large ruby in a teardrop cut and a total of 65 diamonds, three of them in the rare briolette cut as pendant suspensions. The work of high-carat white gold presents the ruby in its center, surrounded by diamonds in the old European and modern brilliant cut. Fine bars, called knife wires (because their face is as fine as a knife's edge), form small tendrils that make the stones almost float, and detailed milegrains refract the light a thousand times. Here, as in all other details, you can see how precisely and at the same time finely this brooch is crafted. A true masterpiece. In this piece of jewellery obviously antique and modern gemstones have been used to a new composition, probably here a client from an old piece forged a new one that better suited his taste. Particularly precious, in addition to the natural ruby, are the three large diamonds faceted all around, which are suspended from the jewellery teardrop-shaped. We have had a detailed appraisal done on the brooch in Idar Oberstein, which comes with the jewellery.

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In the years just before 1890 there was a real revolution in the field of jewellery. The excess of historicism in form and color appeared to be out of date throughout Europe. Increasing mechanization, also in jewelry making, had repeated the same forms over and over again until they had finally become interchangeable and arbitrary. The jewelers feared for their existence: jewelry sales were declining rapidly, a new fashion was not in sight! At the beginning of the new decade, the crisis was overcome. White jewels were the solution, which quickly caught on. Instead of many poorly combinable pieces of jewelry, the ladies now concentrated on a few, but all the more high-quality objects. They were united by their common color: white diamonds and pearls shone in settings of silver, later platinum and white gold. The designs are filigree and completely restrained in their formal language. Leaves, tendrils, and light geometric shapes suddenly dominated the picture, which until just now had been populated by putti in large numbers. The brooch presented here is a piece from this new fashion, which remained current into the first years of Art Deco.

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€ 6,290.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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We want you to be 100% satisfied! For that reason, we examine, describe and photograph all of our jewellery with the utmost care.

You can rely on our years of experience in the trade and our expertise as a professional art historians for reviews of the antique jewellery. As a member of various trade organisations and the British Society of Jewellery Historians, we remain committed to the highest possible degree of accuracy. In our descriptions, we always also indicate any signs of age and defects and never hide them in our photos – this saves you from any unpleasant surprises when your package arrives.

Should you for some reason not be satisfied, please don’t hesitate to contact us so that we can find a solution together. In any case, you can return any article within one month and we will refund the full purchase price.

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