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Victorian Gold Ring with Australian Opals & Diamonds, c. 1900


€ 1,590.00 *
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Victorian Gold Ring with Australian Opals & Diamonds, c. 1900
Victorian Gold Ring with Australian Opals & Diamonds, c. 1900
Description
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This ring from Great Britain features three large precious opals from Australia. The stones, cut into shimmering cabochons, shimmer misty white. Delicate, colorful light reflections, stripes, areas and dots in blue and green appear on and in them, and occasionally also in red. The opals are combined with six old-cut diamonds, which give the magnificent ring additional light reflections. Rings of this type, in which three larger gemstones are set together with smaller diamonds, were very popular in the late 19th century and were made in very different combinations of materials. Alongside rubies and sapphires, opals were particularly popular. As early as 1889, when the Australian opal fashion was just beginning in Europe, the German ladies' journal Der Bazar wrote about the combination of opals with diamonds: "Indeed an excellent combination, as the diamonds lend these semi-precious stones their brilliance and thus produce wonderful color effects." The ring itself is made of high-carat gold and was created in Great Britain. We date it to the years c. 1900. The quote from The Bazaar 35 (December 23, 1889), p. 509.
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Victorian Gold Ring with Australian Opals & Diamonds, c. 1900
Colorful Fog
€ 1,590.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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