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Elegant Art Deco Diamond Bracelet In Silver, Germany Around 1940

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Unit price €9,190.00 / piece

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Elegant Art Deco Diamond Bracelet In Silver, Germany Around 1940

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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!

"It is often difficult for a gentleman to give something to a lady - let's just think of a ring! After all, you want to surprise, so can not ask about the size beforehand! Perhaps this is an important reason for the fact that especially bracelets and necklaces are ordered especially much by gentlemen. Here, after all, there are no such difficulties, and the joy of a bracelet is certainly nothing less!" With these words, a jewellery catalog advertised its offers in the 1930s. And this was not by chance, because bracelets with brilliant white diamonds were the great passion of the time. Every lady who could afford it wore such treasures - often not only individually, but combined several of them into a radiant arrangement of pure luxury on her wrist. The bracelet presented here illustrates the glamorous aura of this jewelry genre particularly well. It shines in the cool brilliance of 161 diamonds of different cuts and of a total of about 4.31 carats. A repeat of fine diamond shapes and smaller, oval rings as intermediate links make up the jewelry piece. We date the jewelry to the years around 1940, when Art Deco shapes were becoming bolder and moving away from the overly filigree style of the 1920s. In addition, two circumstances support the dating of the bracelet to the years of the Second World War: first, the work is made of rhodium-plated silver. Secondly, some of the diamonds presumably came from older jewelry and were set in secondary use for this bracelet. We see historical old mine cuts next to quite modern transitional cuts. Due to the war in Europe, the old trade routes were interrupted and the goldsmiths of those years had to work with the material that was available to them locally. Platinum, for example, was no longer available in sufficient quantities at the beginning of the second World War, which is why the change of material to gold or silver was not only voluntary. Likewise, the trade routes for the delivery of precious gemstones were interrupted due to the war, which is why one had to rely on the use of already existing gemstones. This gives the jewelry of the 1940s a special unique character. Because making a virtue out of necessity - that's what the goldsmiths of those years were excellent at! This fine piece of jewelry came to us from Thuringia and is delivered with a detailed appraisal from the German Association for Gemstone Evaluation .

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With the invention of gaslight and then electric light at the end of the 19th century, glistening brightness suddenly filled the ballrooms of Europe. No more dark, yellow candlelight, but the white glow of hundreds of lamps made the ladies' jewellery shine and glitter as never before. Not surprisingly, a new fashion also emerged as a result of these developments: white jewels made of diamonds and silver responded to the new lighting conditions and replaced the previous more colorful designs. In general, jewellery became increasingly richly set with sparkling gems to create an ever more luxurious and rich appearance. At the great balls in Paris, London and St. Petersburg, ever more magnificent diamond necklaces were presented, as well as tiaras, brooches and rings, all dreams in white diamonds. The name of the era, the Belle Époque, still indicates the goal of this period: To shine in beauty. But even in the following decades, the fashion for white jewellery remained current, right up to the Art Deco of the 1920s. Only the materials of the settings changed. The rapidly tarnishing silver was first replaced by platinum settings and later by jewellery made entirely of platinum or white gold, which was developed shortly after the World War.

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€ 9,190.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Unit price €9,190.00 / piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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