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Elegant Verneuil Sapphire White Gold Déco Ring, c. 1930

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Elegant Verneuil Sapphire White Gold Déco Ring, c. 1930

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As early as the 19th century, demand and supply for precious gemstones were so out of balance that attempts were made to produce them artificially. As early as 1850, for example, the chemist Sénarmont undertook experiments in this area. So the excitement was all the greater when, in 1902, the first synthetic sapphires created in the laboratory using a new method developed by Auguste Verneuil became commercially available. We find references to these new gemstones in jewelry catalogs from the Art Deco period: Apricot-colored padparascha sapphires can be found there as well as the classic blue variety. Just like natural sapphires, synthetic sapphires were set alongside diamonds in precious metal settings, and this ring is another example of this development. In this case, it is a large square-cut Verneuil sapphire in a midnight blue tone that takes center stage in the austere Art Deco ring. The stone is cut in the so-called "sugarloaf cut". Two diamonds are set in trapezoidal settings to the left and right of the center stone. The ring itself is made of 14-karat white gold and was created around 1930. The engravings in the side sections and on the ring shoulders make the goldsmith's work an elegant, unique piece that can be worn by both men and women.

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In 1891, Auguste Verneuil achieved a major breakthrough in the technique of cultivating gemstones, which revolutionized the world of jewelry at the turn of the century. Verneuil's laboratory-developed rubies were almost indistinguishable from natural stones in terms of structure and color and became the dernier cri of the fashion world, making jewelry set with large stones more affordable. An essay by the German mineralogist Dr. Alfred Eppler, who wrote about synthetic rubies in the Deutsche Goldschmiede-Zeitung in 1910, shows just how widespread they were at the time they were created: "Since science and technology have progressed so far as to produce beautiful artificial rubies, some of which are so exquisitely successful that even the most subtle tools of the scholar threaten to fail in distinguishing them from natural ones, why should their use be restricted?" (Alfred Eppler: Synthetische Edelsteine, in: Deutsche Goldschmiede-Zeitung 7 (1910), p. 61f., here p. 62).

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