Spectacular Earrings with 6.45 ct Old Mine Cut Diamonds in Gold & Silver, c. 1890

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Spectacular Earrings with 6.45 ct Old Mine Cut Diamonds in Gold & Silver, c. 1890

€ 64,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Description

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

Following the ideal of classical modernism, the most beautiful adornment is to do without unnecessary decoration and superfluous ornamentation. Adolf Loos, the great Viennese architect, even described ornamentation as a "crime against taste". But how does this apply to jewellery? Is jewellery not ornament per se? Or can there be earrings that manage without any additional ingredients - and still make the wearer appear particularly beautiful, even spectacular? Even before the controversial years of modernism, the jewelry designers of the Belle Époque had already found an answer to this question. From the late 19th century onwards, they increasingly focused on the beauty of exquisite diamonds and colored stones and presented them in deliberately understated settings - for their own sake. Timeless earrings were also created in this way, drawing attention to particularly fine gemstones. This pair of earrings is entirely in keeping with this spirit. It presents two large cushion-cut diamonds weighing a total of 6.45 carats with good color and clarity. The facets of the stones have all been individually created by hand in order to draw out the best fire and the most beautiful sparkle from the rough crystal. The diamonds are set in silver, unobtrusively in wide frames with delicate bars. This historic type of setting offers the diamond an elegant stage and transforms the individual, cushion-shaped cuts into equal, round shapes, as the polished surfaces of the frame gently reflect the light. The undercuts, earwires and leverbacks are made of gold. Another small diamond is added at the top of each transition to the ear hoop. We discovered this unusually magnificent pair in Vienna. It comes with a detailed appraisal.

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€ 64,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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