A love garden

Beautiful Giardinetti Ring With Diamonds, Circa 1760 & Later

€ 1,890.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Beautiful Giardinetti Ring With Diamonds, Circa 1760 & Later

Description

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This enchanting ring immerses us in the fragrant, elegant world of the Rococo. We see romantic flowers embedded in a whole round of vines and foliage. Petals set with diamonds glitter as if in dew and shimmer next to a blossom made of a ruby. The ruby was probably added in the 20th century, because it is a synthetic ruby that sparkles clearly and without inclusions. The red variety of corundum matches the ring quite beautifully, adding a touch of love and warm red to its floral characteristics. After all, the ruby has always been the stone of lovers. Flowers and plants were a major theme in the fashion and jewellery of Europe in the second half of the 18th century. Rococo promised joie de vivre and confidence, elevated culture and courtly refinement. Filigree and colourful "giardinetti rings" (from the Italian for "little gardens") are among the most appealing pieces of this period. They often feature small bouquets of flowers and blossoms with colorful gems and diamonds or arrangements of wild togetherness, often set in a basket, vase or pot. Very few of these charming ornaments have survived to the present day. The vast majority are found safely stored in the museums of decorative arts and thus without the possibility of wearing them themselves. How widespread this fashion was, however, is shown by the colored copperplate engraving reproduced here from "A book of ornaments useful for jewellers" by Christian Taute, published in London around 1749. The ring was apparently worn with pleasure and restored again and again, as evidenced by some old reinforcements on the back. In the 19th century, the ring band was probably renewed and a gold band was added under the silver ring face. Cf. on this particular jewellery fashion of the middle and late 18th century in detail Hanns-Ulrich Haedeke, Schmuck aus drei Jahrtausenden, Cologne 2000, pp. 278-284, as well as Diana Scarisbrick: Rings. Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty, London 2007, 252-257.

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A love garden

€ 1,890.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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