In the guise of the Belle Époque

Luxurious Vintage Sapphire and Diamond Cluster Ring, France circa 1980

€ 1,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Luxurious Vintage Sapphire and Diamond Cluster Ring, France 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!

Among all gemstones, the deep blue sapphire in particular has been attributed various mythical qualities over the centuries. In the Middle Ages, bishops wore this stone as a ring because they believed it warded off wiles and falsehood, and protected its wearer from feeling envy. Then in his Natural History of Gemstones, Della storia naturale della gemme, Naples 1730, Giacinto Gimma wrote that the color blue represented Venus as well as the study of celestial bodies and stars, and was most purely represented in sapphire. In the center of the ring before us we now find such a stone. The natural sapphire takes us to the night sky with its deep blue color, and the brilliant-cut diamonds that surround it flash at us with their fine white like the stars at night. Soft and rounded, the total of 16 diamonds line up around the blue center stone. A fine line of equally blue enamel completes the ring face. The stones are set in white gold, which enhances their brilliance. The back of the ring face and the filigree ring band, on the other hand, are made of high-carat yellow gold. The design of the ring reminds us of a time to which beauty gave its name: the Belle Époque. However, the use of the white gold and the diamonds with their unmistakable fire tell us that the ring was created around 1980. Furthermore, the so-called "petite garantie", the eagle's head hallmark on the ring band, tells us that the ring was submitted to the inspection office in France, more precisely in Paris.

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In the guise of the Belle Époque

€ 1,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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