Rainbow Skies

Precious Antique Ring with Australian Opal & Diamonds, England c. 1935

€ 8,390.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Precious Antique Ring with Australian Opal & Diamonds, England c. 1935

Description

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

Australia is famous for the most beautiful opals in the world. But did you know that pieces of jewelry with Australian precious opals have not been on the gemstone market for very long? The first European to discover opals in Australia was the German geologist Johannes Menge. He found opals north of Adelaide in 1841 - but little attention was paid to these finds, as they were not yet precious opals in jewelry quality. The first precious opal finds are not documented until 1872. Commercial mining then began in Queensland in the 1890s. In 1905, further opal fields were discovered in Lightning Ridge, in 1915 in Coober Pedy and in 1930 in Andamooka. This English ring is designed around a magnificent Australian full opal of considerable size. The first-class gemstone, cut into a large cabochon, shows soft blue and green as the base color over a light body as well as a rare, powerful red. This particularly sought-after color glows, as it were, when the light falls on it, making it impossible to get enough of it. The opal is combined with sixteen old-cut diamonds, which enrich the magnificent ring with additional light reflections. The band of the ring is made of high-quality yellow gold, while the settings for the gemstones are crafted from white gold. The use of white gold also provides us with a clue regarding the dating of the ring. For while the diamonds were certainly cut as early as the late 19th century, white gold only began to appear regularly in jewellery from around 1915 onwards. The ring can therefore only have been made after that. We believe that it was created in the 1930s based on historical models. Jewelry with a romantic look to the past was created in many European countries during this period. An independent expert opinion has confirmed the quality of the materials. It is enclosed with the wonderful ring that we discovered in Stuttgart.

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€ 8,390.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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