White Like Snow

Timeless Ring With Old Cut Diamond & Pearl in White Gold, ca. 1925

€ 2,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Timeless Ring With Old Cut Diamond & Pearl in White Gold, ca. 1925

Description

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

The British artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler titled a painting created in 1861/82 "Symphony in White, No. 1", which he vehemently denied any significance in terms of content. It was the pure beauty of painting that gave it its value. Whistler was thus one of the founders of a tradition of artists and craftsmen who saw beauty itself as the highest value: aestheticism was born. The present ring made us think of the title of the painting and also the intention behind it. Like Whistler's painting, the ring shines in pure white and presents itself as a symphony of different variations of this non-color: the creamy luster of a cultured pearl, the brilliance of an old-cut half-carat and the cool metallic luster of white gold are juxtaposed here. A row of smaller diamonds additionally lines the curved ring band. Rings in this style, the so-called "toi-et-moi" rings, first appeared at the turn of the century. Here, however, the materiality reveals that the ring was made a little later, probably in the 1920s. This is indicated by the white gold, which was not patented in Germany until the 1910s and was used in the 1920s, as well as the cultured pearl. Cultured pearls were not available to the jewelry industry until the early 1920s. The design is wonderfully timeless in its non-color white and delicate curved shapes. It also contains a hidden message: for the two different, yet equally ranked gemstones set side by side were once understood as an allusion to the two lovers between whom such a ring was exchanged.

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White Like Snow

€ 2,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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