Starry Night

Antique Old Cut Diamond Star in Silver on Gold, c. 1880


€ 7,490.00 *
Content 1 piece
Unit price €7,490.00 / piece
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Antique Old Cut Diamond Star in Silver on Gold, c. 1880
Antique Old Cut Diamond Star in Silver on Gold, c. 1880
Description
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One of the most popular jewelry motifs of the 19th century was the diamond-studded star. This fashion began with the Empress of Austria, who introduced the diamond star motif to Viennese society and turned it into immortal classics of jewelry history to this day. The most famous portrait of Sisi, painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, shows the young empress with a multitude of radiant diamond stars in her dark hair. It can still be seen today in the Vienna Hofburg, see here. The stars were specially made for the empress by the Viennese court jeweler A.E. Köchert. After this portrait became known, there was no stopping the ladies of Viennese society. Every woman who could afford it wanted to come into possession of at least one precious star set with diamonds. This is one such star from the end of the 19th century. It is a six-pointed star with a beautiful, approximately half-carat old-cut diamond in the center, while the rays are set with a further 50 old-cut, 8/8-cut and rose-cut diamonds. The old cuts are cushion-shaped diamonds in the so-called "old mine cut". Each one is individually shaped. The diamonds are set in silver against a gold back. Here it also shows a bar with a small thread on its back: this reveals that the star could once be worn in different ways, probably also as a brooch or hairpin. In later times, the pendant eyelet set with diamonds was added and permanently attached to the star. Today, it can be worn on the neck, on a matching chain or a velvet ribbon. Today, as over 140 years ago, the diamond star brings great joy and is waiting for a wearer to let it shine again!
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Antique Old Cut Diamond Star in Silver on Gold, c. 1880
Starry Night
€ 7,490.00 *
Content 1 piece
Unit price €7,490.00 / piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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