Kaleidoscope Of Colours

Vintage Ring with Synthetic Opal & Diamonds in White Gold, ca. 1980

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Vintage Ring with Synthetic Opal & Diamonds in White Gold, ca. 1980

Description

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This ring is a variation on a typical entourage ring that was popular from the 1960s onwards. This ring shape is designed to showcase a central stone to great effect. In this case, it is a large opal surrounded by a ring of diamonds. The opal shows yellow, green and orange color spots in an intense play of colours against a white background, just like very good opals from Australia - and yet the stone was not created in Australia, but in a laboratory! It is a synthetic opal, i.e. a stone made from the same material as real opal from nature, only that it has been shaped into its optimum form by human hands. Pierre Gilson, a French chemist, first brought synthetic opals onto the market in 1975, triggering a major new opal fashion. Like all synthetic gemstones, the early synthetic opals were highly prized and accordingly combined with diamonds like natural stones and set in gold. This is also the case here: The gemstones are held by a white gold setting typical of the time, raised above the finger on a basket-shaped undercading. This allows the color change of the opal to take center stage. Based on the materials used and the workmanship, the ring can be dated to around 1980.

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Even the ancient author Pliny wrote about opal at the beginning of our era: "It has a fire of its own, finer than carbuncle, it has the purple sparkle of amethyst and the sea green of emerald and a generally incredible mixture of light." It was precisely this ability to combine different colors that kept opal in fashion throughout the 20th century.

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Kaleidoscope Of Colours

€ 1,190.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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