Sky Blue

First-Class Vintage Ring With Sapphire & Diamonds in White Gold, Circa 1980

€ 14,590.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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First-Class Vintage Ring With Sapphire & Diamonds in White Gold, Circa 1980

Description

This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!

This precious ring is set with ten sparkling diamonds around an oval-cut sapphire. Both the diamonds and the sapphire are of very good quality. The diamonds shine white, i.e. without a warm hue. However, it is above all the intense colour of the sapphire that makes the ring stand out: The stone is clear, transparent and shows a perfect sky blue, not too dark and not too light. The motif of the coloured gemstone framed by diamonds is called "Entourage". This is an old jewellery motif that can be found in every generation, always adapted to the latest fashion. Here it is made of white gold, but unlike many similar rings, the stones are set close together so that hardly any air or metal is visible. This makes the ring appear compact and precious. It is also designed to be relatively flat over the finger. The ring was created around 1980, when entourage rings like this one were once again very fashionable. Back then, they were often given as engagement rings. Princess Diana, for example, chose just such an entourage ring with sapphire as her engagement ring. Today, it adorns Princess Kate's hand as a family heirloom. Perhaps this ring will also establish a new family tradition? The hand-crafted ring is in very good condition. An independent appraisal of the materials by the German Gemstone Appraisal Society Idar-Oberstein is enclosed with the ring.

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If you ask ten people what their favorite color is, according to various surveys, eight of them will answer "blue". Why? Probably because blue is the color of the sky and the sea and because blue has a calming effect on many people. According to popular belief, sapphire is the stone of truth, loyalty, wisdom and reason. Accordingly, the Doge of Venice wore such a mild, blue stone set in gold as a sign of his loyalty and marriage to the sea. Queen Elizabeth I of England also believed that her sapphire could protect her against slander and cunning. It is possible that these associations in the 19th century gave rise to the meaning of sapphire in the so-called gemlore, the language of precious stones. In this language, it was associated with truth and loving loyalty. For example, the painter Sir Edward Burne Jones, who also designed jewellery, wrote to his close friend Frances Graham: "Sapphire is truth, and I am never without it [...] Sapphires I make my totem of".

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Sky Blue

€ 14,590.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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