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Vintage Gold Ring with Australian Opal & Diamonds, c. 1955

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Vintage Gold Ring with Australian Opal & Diamonds, c. 1955

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

This ring floats above the finger like the shimmering domes of a medieval church above the heads of the faithful. Similar to the reflective mosaics of the holy personage, the ring also shimmers in the warm tone of gold, velvety and precious. A round cabochon opal shimmering in all the colors of the rainbow sits enthroned in the center of the design. White gold petals set with small diamonds radiate from it. Wonderfully shimmering symmetrical patterns of warm gold beads are distributed across the dome and tell of the skill of the master who created this ring. The large ring is particularly impressive due to its intricate workmanship. The many small spheres that form the pattern on the surface have each been applied to the ring separately and individually by hand. This granulation technique, originally an ancient process, requires great skill on the part of the goldsmith in order to prevent the small spheres of gold from melting. As a reward for the great effort, however, the piece of jewelry is given a particularly fascinating surface shape, as the spheres in a geometric pattern create a unique interplay of shine and shadow as well as the apparent softness and firmness of the gold. The ring from around 1955 is still very similar to the design of the late Art Déco of the 1930s. It was created in Germany, as evidenced by the hallmark "Handabeit" on the inside.

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This ring from the 1950s shows an ancient goldsmithing technique that is rarely used today. Because it is so incredibly difficult to master, most goldsmiths of our time do not dare to produce pieces of jewelry like this pendant. We are talking about granulation. In this originally Etruscan goldsmith technique, tiny gold or silver beads are soldered onto a precious metal in such a way that they are only connected to each other at their respective tiny points of contact. Light and shadow on the granulated surfaces create a three-dimensional effect, and this is precisely what makes granulation work so appealing. The difficulty with this technique is to get the melting point of the gold just right, because if the granulation beads get just a tiny bit too hot, the work immediately melts away. Around 1920, Johann Michael Wilm in Munich was one of the first goldsmiths in the 20th century to produce granulations that could stand comparison with their antique counterparts; Elisabeth Treskow then began producing granulations of a high design standard in Essen around 1930. Today, Treskow's private collection can be admired in the Museum of Applied Arts in Cologne and the State Collection of Antiquities in Munich also exhibits a large number of pieces of jewelry with granulations.

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€ 1,290.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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