Very Victorian

Antique Opal and Diamond Boat Ring, Britain, c. 1900


€ 1,290.00 *
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Antique Opal and Diamond Boat Ring, Britain, c. 1900
Antique Opal and Diamond Boat Ring, Britain, c. 1900
Description
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It was a great sensation when opal deposits were discovered in Queensland, Australia, in the middle of the 19th century and began to be mined commercially towards the end of the 19th century. In the 1890s, the dazzling gemstone with its supernaturally luminous colour reflections quickly became a real fashionable stone - especially in Great Britain, which received the most beautiful stones directly from the colonies in Queensland. A pavée of fine Australian opals forms the decorative ring face here. Set close together, the opals are accompanied only by shimmering diamond roses, which subtly fill the spaces in between. Iridescent bluish and green tones, interspersed with pink reflections, show us what made these stones so sought-after over a century ago. Unusually, the pointed oval is not positioned vertically but horizontally above the finger. Due to its shape, this is also referred to as a "boat ring". A typically Victorian and strikingly beautiful piece of jewellery from the period that we now rightly refer to as the Belle Époque: The "beautiful era".
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Antique Opal and Diamond Boat Ring, Britain, c. 1900
Very Victorian
€ 1,290.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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