Unusual Brooch with Rose-Cut Diamonds Set in Platinum on Gold, c. 1930

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Unusual Brooch with Rose-Cut Diamonds Set in Platinum on Gold, c. 1930

€ 1,290.00 ^*

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!

Six historic rose cut diamonds set this bar brooch in a horizontal row. This cut with its large triangular facets gives them an incomparable brilliance, especially as the diamonds are very clear. This brilliance appears almost watery - and one understands why, in Shakespeare's time, when the rose cut was invented, the quality of a diamond was measured by its resemblance to clear, shimmering water: In Pericles (1607), Shakespeare mentions "diamonds of a most praised water", diamonds of the very highest quality. In this brooch, however, the use of these diamonds both delights and amazes. While the brooch is entirely committed to the edgy, ultra-modern Art Deco style, brilliant cuts were actually preferred for large diamonds at the time. However, the settings of the individually shaped diamonds show that the brooch was made specifically with these diamonds in mind. It is possible that they were stones from an heirloom that were given a new lease of life here in a modern guise. As the hallmark shows, the brooch was made in Germany. These were the years of the Weimar Republic, when fine diamond jewellery was allowed to shine in the electric light of hotels and nightclubs in the evening, accompanying fashionable bobbed hairstyles and darkly painted lips.

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€ 1,290.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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