Treasure Garden

Vintage Ring with Burmese Rubies, Diamonds & Pearls, c. 1955

€ 2,790.00 ^*

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Vintage Ring with Burmese Rubies, Diamonds & Pearls, c. 1955

Description

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

Each era views fashion through its own lens, and what mothers and grandmothers once considered beautiful does not necessarily have to be the non plus ultra for daughters or granddaughters. Thus, we regularly see pieces of jewellery where one can sense that they have been created using heirlooms or the gemstones from such pieces. This heavy gold ring from the 1950s is one such piece of jewellery, in which a creative goldsmith has transformed precious historical materials – possibly taken from heirlooms – into a new form. The ring is handcrafted from solid, high-carat gold. Its slightly domed head features an arrangement of seemingly randomly scattered old-cut diamonds, fine Burmese rubies, and small pearls. The gemstones are accompanied by tiny platinum leaves set with rose-cut diamonds. The cuts of the diamonds set in this ring suggest the early years of the 20th century. They include old-cut and rose-cut diamonds, with a total weight of approximately 0.83 carats. The ring has been preserved in a case from the Munich goldsmith Lotthammer. It is not unlikely that the ring originated there as well. Rings like this were highly fashionable in southern Germany during the 1950s. We were able to acquire the ring along with its case in Bavaria.

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After the geometric, cool white diamond jewels of Art Deco, a different design language developed in Germany. Vegetable jewelry, the so-called "vegetable" rings, brooches and bracelets, developed from the leaf ornaments of the expressive Art Nouveau designs of the Wiener Werkstätten and Theodor Fahrner. This type of jewellery got its name from its decoration with tendrils, flowers and leaves, from which pearls and gemstones peek out like ripe fruit. This makes "vegetable" jewelry pieces look like small gardens, made from precious materials in miniature format.

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Size & Details

Treasure Garden

€ 2,790.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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