Old Mine Cut

Vintage White Gold Ring with an Antique 1.49 ct Diamond Solitaire, ca. 1960

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Vintage White Gold Ring with an Antique 1.49 ct Diamond Solitaire, ca. 1960

Description

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

In ancient times, diamonds were valued primarily for their incomparable hardness. As symbols of invincible strength, their beauty was secondary at best. In fact, early diamonds do not appear at all attractive to the modern eye. Medieval cutting techniques also did not allow for spectacular light reflections, and the widespread table cuts only brought out the brightness and color of the stones. All this changed in the graduated 17th century. The nobility of the Baroque period developed a taste for glittering gemstones. Rose-cut diamonds, whose multiple facets beautifully reflected candlelight, were especially popular. In the middle of the century, a first, early brilliant cut developed, called the Mazarin cut after the influential Cardinal Jules Mazarin, characterized by a crown with 17 facets. By the end of the century, the crown of diamonds had already been enriched by additional facets to a total of 33, thus enormously increasing the fire of the stones. New diamond deposits in Brazil in the second half of the 18th century then led to a cut shape that became known as the Old Mine Cut. These diamonds are already very similar to today's full cut brilliant cut diamonds, but several generations of continuous improvement of the cutting technique were necessary until the "Old Mine Cut" became the "Old European Cut" and finally in the 1940s the modern full cut. The solitaire ring here now sets just such an Old Mine Cut diamond of the mid-19th century in a crown-shaped setting. The ring, made of high-carat white gold, was created in the 1960s, so it is more than 100 years younger than the antique diamond with its special cut. And yet the two complement each other wonderfully: the airy shape of the setting allows the diamond to unfold its fire perfectly. The diamond weighs almost one and a half carats. The quality of the gemstone has been assessed by the Berlin diamond laboratory Dr. Malzahn as lightly toned white (Top Crystal, I) with small individual inclusions (sI). Two small diamonds accompany the solitaire on each of the right and left ring shoulders. They, too, are historic stones. They are shaped in the so-called Peruzzi cut and was already cut in the 18th century. Our goldsmith will gladly change the beautiful ring to the required size, so that it can be worn again with joy and happiness.

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Old Mine Cut

€ 5,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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