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Antique Cross Made of Rubies & Diamonds of Classicism, c. 1800

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Antique Cross Made of Rubies & Diamonds of Classicism, c. 1800

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Precious crosses have been used in jewellery for two thousand years. They were made in a wide variety of designs and materials, depending on opportunity and social status. This is a particularly elegant, precious cross from the classical period, which was created around 1800. The cross has a slender and linear design. Blood-red rubies and shining white diamonds alternate to set the arms of the cross. They are set in silver, while the back of the pendant is made of gold. The diamonds are shaped in the antique so-called table and peruzzi cut and most likely originate from Brazil. The rubies with their fine, silky inclusions are untreated stones from Burma, now Myanmar: it is an entire circumnavigation of the world combined in one piece of jewellery. The first wearer may not only have appreciated the cross shape as such, but also the symbolism of the gemstones. Their colours refer to the virtues of Christ: White here signifies truth, goodness, virginity, love, faith and divine wisdom, red his love, suffering and sacrifice (see Hans Feldbusch: Christussymbolik, in: Reallexikon zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte, vol. 3 (1953), pp. 720-732). The reduced form, the cuts of the gemstones and the workmanship, not least the closed settings, suggest that the cross was created around 1800, at the time of Goethe and Jane Austen. It is easy to imagine how this cross could have been worn by one of the protagonists in her books, with one of the elegant dresses of the era. The fact that the cross is also very well preserved is even more fortunate.

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