At the End of the Rainbow...

Victorian Red Gold Bracelet with Australian Opals, ca. 1900

€ 980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Victorian Red Gold Bracelet with Australian Opals, ca. 1900

Description

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

At the end of the rainbow is a golden pot that promises its finder prosperity and happiness - or so they say! However, no one has ever succeeded in retrieving this golden pot at the end of the rainbow... It therefore seems easier to recognize luck and prosperity in this golden bracelet, because it is set with wonderful Australian opals that shimmer in all the colors of the rainbow. Opals were a great fashion in the late Victorian era, as it was only then that Australian opals arrived in Britain. Before the discovery of precious opals in Australia, the mine in Dubník, Hungary, was the only European source of opals, but the Australian stones have far brighter colors. This led to a veritable opal craze when a German geologist found opals in the Australian outback for the first time at the end of the 19th century, and no British jeweler in the 1900s was able to do without opals in their range. This bracelet contains three of these special opals, each of which is predominantly turquoise blue and pink. We have had them polished by our gemstone cutter so that they shine as brightly as on the first day. These are so-called crystal opals: they are characterized by slightly translucent bodies in which the colour patterns seem to float like cosmic nebulae. If such a crystal opal is held up to the light, it shimmers peach-colored; however, if it is worn or set against an opaque background, the green-blue color intensifies. The opals are accompanied by two white pearls. The bracelet is crafted from 9-karat rose gold, an alloy that was particularly common in Great Britain and was introduced in 1854. The bracelet, which came to us from London, was created around 1900 and is still beautifully preserved today.

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At the End of the Rainbow...

€ 980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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