Colours of Freedom

Antique Ring with Amethyst, Peridots & Diamonds, c. 1910 & Later

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Antique Ring with Amethyst, Peridots & Diamonds, c. 1910 & Later

Description

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Equal rights for men and women before the state did not fall from the sky - rather, the road to it was a hard struggle. A lot of blood and tears were shed before women were allowed to participate in political elections in Germany for the first time in 1919. This social change was made possible because strong women joined forces and fought in an organized manner against existing injustices. Central figures in the fight for equal rights were the so-called suffragettes (from English/French suffrage, "vote"), who, as radical women's rights activists in Great Britain and the USA, primarily engaged in passive resistance against male supremacy, including disrupting official events and public hunger strikes. The suffragette movement was mainly supported by middle-class women. Jewelry in the highly symbolic colors of green, white and purple became established as their distinguishing mark and symbol. In the case of this gold and silver boat ring, two green peridots, 30 white diamonds and a purple amethyst are combined on the elongated ring face. The colors of this setting can be read as an acronym: The initial letters of the colors green, white and violet form a sentence that encapsulates everything the suffragettes fought for: "Give Women Vote". The ring was created around 1910. The three colored stones were renewed more recently, apparently as a tribute to those feisty women who once stood up for a better world with pride and anger in their eyes.

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Colours of Freedom

€ 1,890.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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