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Antique Necklace Made of Australian Opals with Ruby & Diamonds, c. 1910

€ 6,590.00 ^*

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Antique Necklace Made of Australian Opals with Ruby & Diamonds, c. 1910

Description

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This antique necklace made from Australian precious opals and faceted rock crystals, which we discovered in London, is a precious sight. A total of 81 beautiful Australian full opals were cut into round beads and strung in a row. Against a milky white background, the opals display shimmering color reflections in all colors of the rainbow. These change with every movement of the lucky wearer and literally wander over the pearls. The high quality of the opals used here is particularly noteworthy, with their soft red reflections and green tones. Small faceted rock crystals are set between the opals as intermediate elements. These prevent the opals from clashing and being damaged, while at the same time enhancing the play of colors of the opals. The clasp of the necklace matches the wonderful opals in its precious features: it is made of gold and platinum and set with a natural, untreated ruby from Burma and two diamonds. Necklaces made from opals cut into spheres were as new as they were popular in the first decades after 1900. Opals from Australia had only recently become available on the market and cutting them into spheres was an innovation that had been developed in Idar-Oberstein. They quickly became popular all over the world: The Post Express from Rochester in the USA noted in February 1905 in the Of Interest to Women section: "Opals were never more worn... they have been coming steadily into favor for two or three years. Opal necklaces show it. They are simple, nothing but beads, each bead a single stone, ... strung alone or with tiny discs of crystals between each two." Just like this necklace. We have had the necklace remounted. It comes with a detailed appraisal from the German Gemstone Appraisal Society (Idar-Oberstein).

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Australia is famous for the most beautiful opals in the world. But they were only discovered surprisingly late! The first European to find opals in Australia and make it possible to mine them was the German geologist Johannes Menge. He first classified small opals north of the city of Adelaide in 1841 - but little attention was paid to these finds, as they were not precious opals of jewelry quality. The first precious opal finds suitable for jewelry are not documented until 1872. Commercial mining then began in Queensland in the 1890s and continues to this day. Further opal fields were discovered in Lightning Ridge in 1905, in Coober Pedy in 1915 and in Andamooka in 1930.

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€ 6,590.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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