Sapphire is Truth

Timeless Sapphire and Diamond Cluster Ring in Platinum, c. 1920


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Timeless Sapphire and Diamond Cluster Ring in Platinum, c. 1920
Timeless Sapphire and Diamond Cluster Ring in Platinum, c. 1920
Description
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What music is to the ears, color is to the eyes, as Louis Comfort Tiffany, the famous goldsmith and jeweler from New York, once said. And such wonderful music made of precious stone, a precious, natural sapphire, can be found in this ring. The ring from around 1920 presents the midnight blue, natural stone weighing around 1.87 carats in a frame of 18 diamond roses. The white sparkle of the diamonds accentuates the color of the sapphire in this ring. The ring is crafted from solid platinum. Of all gemstones, the deep blue sapphire in particular has been ascribed various mythical qualities over the centuries. In the Middle Ages, bishops wore this stone as a ring because they believed it warded off deceit and falsehood and protected the wearer from envy. In his natural history of gemstones, Della storia naturale della cameo, Naples 1730, Giacinto Gimma then wrote that the color blue stands for Venus and the study of celestial bodies and stars, and is represented most purely in sapphire. It is possible that the meaning of sapphire in gemlore, the language of gemstones, developed from these associations in the 19th century. In this language, it was associated with truth and loving loyalty. For example, the painter Sir Edward Burne Jones, who also designed jewellery, wrote to his close friend Frances Graham: "Sapphire is truth, and I am never without it [...] Sapphires I make my totem of!" We discovered the ring in Geneva. It is beautifully preserved.
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Timeless Sapphire and Diamond Cluster Ring in Platinum, c. 1920
Sapphire is Truth
€ 1,980.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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