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Antique Trilogy Ring With Old European Cut Diamonds in Gold & Platinum, c. 1910

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Antique Trilogy Ring With Old European Cut Diamonds in Gold & Platinum, c. 1910

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

"On our childhood weighed the paralyzing overabundance of things, not even one of which could make us cheerful..." Full of weariness, Art Nouveau designer Henry van de Velde retrospectively summed up his discomfort with the art of the late 19th century, which was oriented toward the rich ornamentation of the past. Together with other artists of his generation, he therefore sought new forms, simple, reduced beauty, to the exclusion of exuberant ornamentation. The present ring shows that this principle was also applied to jewellery. For the ring is entirely dedicated to the line and beauty of its materials. Three large old European cut diamonds float between the curved ends of the ring band set with small diamonds. In total, about 0.76 ct of diamonds are set, transforming the ring face into a sparkling firework. The diamonds are set in platinum, at that time the most expensive of all precious metals and still relatively young as a jewellery material - it was only in the late 19th century that people had the technical prerequisites to forge jewellery from it. The largest exporter of this precious material was Russia. However, a platinum shortage triggered by the Russian October Revolution in 1917 made solid platinum jewellery even rarer for a few years, until new platinum mines were discovered in the South African Transvaal in 1924. In our ring, only the diamond settings are made of the luxurious metal. The base and ring band, on the other hand, are made of yellow gold, which gives the ring a certain warmth. The ring found its way to us from Düsseldorf and is in very nice condition.

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€ 2,190.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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