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Bold Midcentury Ring with an Amethyst in Gold, German, c. 1960


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Bold Midcentury Ring with an Amethyst in Gold, German, c. 1960
Bold Midcentury Ring with an Amethyst in Gold, German, c. 1960
Description
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Amethyst, agate, jasper, citrine and onyx - to the chemist, all these gemstones are quite uniformly quartz. But how different are the shapes and colors that nature offers us! Amethyst is the violet "son" of this family. Its name, derived from the Greek "amethystos" - "counteracting intoxication", expresses the ancient belief that its wearer was immune to the intoxicating effects of wine. As early as the Middle Ages and antiquity, amethyst was used to cut numerous craft objects such as vases and drinking cups, only a few of which have been preserved in museums of applied arts. However, it is mainly jewellery for which this stone was and still is used. This ring from the German economic miracle era features a particularly beautiful example of this gemstone. An expressive yellow gold setting with openwork accents holds the round faceted amethyst and lends the ring the optimistic design language of the years around 1960. It came to us from the Rhineland.
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Bold Midcentury Ring with an Amethyst in Gold, German, c. 1960
Intoxicatingly Beautiful
€ 590.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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