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Elegant Retro Style Bow Ring With Green Zircon & Diamonds, c. 1950

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Elegant Retro Style Bow Ring With Green Zircon & Diamonds, c. 1950

Description

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Flat, graphic jewellery in uniform white colours dominated the displays of jewellers in the 1920s. As time progressed, the designs became more sculptural, although they still retained a love of geometry and abstraction. Often executed in yellow and rose gold, and less often in white gold or platinum, these later pieces are also referred to as retro style. This glamorous style dominated jewellery creation from the late 1930s into the 1950s. This ring is in keeping with that style, even though it shines in cool white gold. The ring face is designed in the shape of a stylized bow that lies across the finger. The bands are set with diamonds and are crossed by geometric, sawn joints. The knot is formed by a natural zircon. The gemstone has a cool, bluish green colour that is beautifully highlighted by the brilliant white of the diamonds. The use of sparkling full cut diamonds shows that the ring was created in the late period of retro style, around 1950. The jewellery is solid in design and wears comfortably heavy, weighing about 9.1 grams.

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Zircon is a natural gemstone that is unjustly little known in Germany. It has nothing in common with the cheap "zirconia", which is produced in the laboratory and is a cheap diamond substitute. Genuine zircons are precious gemstones that can occur in many beautiful colours. Zircon was known as a gemstone in ancient times and has been found at some of the world's oldest archaeological sites. It appears in various ancient writings, including the Bible and a Hindu poem about the mythical Kalpa tree, which is said to have been adorned with leaves of zircon. Some sources mention a Jewish legend involving an angel named "Zircon" who was supposed to watch over Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Under its ancient name "Hyacinth", the zircon finds mention several times in the Bible, first as one of the "fiery stones" (Ezekiel 28:13-16) presented to Moses and placed in Aaron's breastplate (Exodus 28:15-30), and then as one of the twelve precious stones that will adorn the foundation stones of the city wall of the Heavenly Jerusalem (Revelation 21:19-20). Andrew, Bishop of Caesarea, at the end of the 10th century, was one of the first church writers to associate the twelve precious stones of the Heavenly Jerusalem with the Apostles: He assigned the hyacinth (zircon) to the apostle Simon.

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Content 1 piece

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