Dome of Light

Antique Platinum Ring with 1.50 ct Old Cut Diamonds, c. 1930

€ 2,790.00 ^*

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Antique Platinum Ring with 1.50 ct Old Cut Diamonds, 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!

The First World War had not only swept away the old political order in Europe. After the proclamation of the Weimar Republic, gender roles also changed. Step by step, women emancipated themselves and acquired a completely new self-image that was equal to that of men. Women's hairstyles became short - and with long hair, many a social shackle fell away at the same time. Jewelry from this period reflects this development: the forms emancipated themselves from the traditional, often historicist ornamentation of the past, and abstraction, geometry and modernity found their way into the design. Platinum was popular at this time. As the most expensive metal in the world at the time, it was prized above all for its bright color. In combination with sparkling diamonds, it lent pieces of jewelry the radiantly cool elegance that the era favored. After the Russian Revolution, however, the price of the precious metal fluctuated wildly and reached values four times the price of gold: platinum jewelry was considered the epitome of luxury. This ring is therefore a typical Art Deco jewel in every respect, reflecting not only the style but also the material preferences of the period in which it was created. While two-dimensional designs were still favored in the early 1920s, jewellery was allowed to become more sculptural again from around 1930. The ring face of this dome ring also curves towards the viewer to present a large diamond in the historic old cut weighing around 0.30 ct as well as 26 other smaller diamonds. Fine sawing work divides the ring face into abstract, symmetrical shapes. The result is a luxurious jewel that breathes the spirit of Art Déco. This small jewel with a total of around 1.50 ct of old-cut diamonds came to us from Hamburg.

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The ring is one of those pieces of jewelry from the last era in which diamonds were still cut by hand. Over the course of the 19th century, the cuts became increasingly similar to the shape we know today as a brilliant. However, it was not until 1919 that Marcel Tolkowsky calculated the ideal shape of the brilliant on the basis of optical physics. The exact cut standard that is considered the standard in Germany today - the so-called fine cut - was not even defined until 1938. The shape of the modern brilliant cut diamond only really became established after the Second World War. Old cuts are particularly sought-after today as they have a unique brilliance that differs significantly from modern diamonds - each stone is unique.

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€ 2,790.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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