Bleu Électrique

Antique Pendant with Aquamarine & Diamonds in Platinum, Art Déco c. 1930

€ 14,980.00 ^*

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Antique Pendant with Aquamarine & Diamonds in Platinum, Art Déco c. 1930

Description

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

Electricity, this mysterious, wonderful force of nature that took over the world at the beginning of the 20th century, is invisible. And yet it has a color - at least in our common, culturally shaped memory: electricity is blue. It is a bright blue, like the light of lightning in a dark stormy sky. The color of electricity has entered the world of fashion as "bleu électrique". The first advertisements using this catchphrase as a color for fabrics can be found in France in the years shortly before 1890, but it was not until the Art Deco years that this idea also entered the field of jewellery. This era, which was dedicated like no other to modernity and progress in all its facets, such as skyscrapers, automobiles and electric light, also loved jewellery in cool, radiant, electrifying colors. It is therefore not surprising that aquamarine was particularly popular in those years. As early as 1915, Helen Bartlett Bridgman noted: "All beryls are very brilliant in artificial light and therefore desirable stones for the evening." In the late 1920s, jewellery with aquamarine then became a must have. This pendant sets a particularly high-quality aquamarine in an intense, clear blue. The stone, which is faceted into an octagon, is cut with a lot of body and weighs around 26.70 ct. This allows its color to come into its own particularly well. At the same time, the cut is so perfect that the incident light is reflected back at the lower facets and makes the stone glow as light blue reflections. The aquamarine is set with restraint. From the front, it appears to be held in place solely by the diamond-studded clasp on its upper edge. It is geometrically designed and has a very modern look; its surface is subtly divided into several staggered levels and covered with delicate millegrains. The front is made entirely of platinum. In contrast, the underside and the actual setting of the aquamarine are made of white gold. This is a typical technique of the early 20th century. We discovered the pendant in Munich. An independent expert opinion has confirmed the quality of the materials. It is enclosed with the pendant. The quote from Helen Bartlett Bridgman: Gems, New York 1915.

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Bleu Électrique

€ 14,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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