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Elegant Vintage Gold Ring with Rubies & Diamonds, Lyon c. 1985


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Elegant Vintage Gold Ring with Rubies & Diamonds, Lyon c. 1985
Elegant Vintage Gold Ring with Rubies & Diamonds, Lyon c. 1985
Description
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No gemstone has been so often associated with love in history and the arts as the ruby. It was its color alone that prompted Robert Herrick to compare it to the rosy mouth of his beloved Juliet. Oscar Wilde also compared the red of the ruby to the color of the heart in his fairy tale The Nightingale and the Rose, and William Blake spoke of the "rubies and pearls" of the loving gaze. At the beginning of the 20th century, George Kunz, the well-known American mineralogist, tried to link the cultural significance of ruby with scientific facts: "The idea of passion was associated with the red and radiant ruby, another concept whose relative truth was proved by spectral analysis, since the red rays are warming and invigorating." (Translated from George Frederick Kunz, The Curious Lore of Precious Stones..., Philadelphia & London 1913, p. 28) Here, a fine ruby forms the centre of a vintage ring made of gold and diamonds, accompanied by smaller, cut rubies. The red centre stone is shaped in a combination of star and step cut and has a large table so that the light reflections inside the stone stand out visually. The ruby has a number of natural inclusions that testify to its authenticity and give the stone a mysterious appearance. Its colour and that of the smaller rubies is intense and warm. A frame of small diamonds surrounds the coloured stones and leads to the ring band. In this area, the front of the ring is covered with rhodium to emphasise the cool colour of the diamonds. The hallmarks on the ring prove that it was created in Lyon, France, in the years before 1992. We date it to around 1985.
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Elegant Vintage Gold Ring with Rubies & Diamonds, Lyon c. 1985
La Couleur de l’Amour
€ 2,490.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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