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Unusual Green Tourmaline and Diamond Ring, c. 1960

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Unusual Green Tourmaline and Diamond Ring, c. 1960

Description

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

When, after the long years of war, food shortages, currency reform and initial reconstruction, the desire for life returned to German cities and parlors, when the economic miracle made the first new prosperity possible in the centers of industry and commerce, the art of jewelry design also awoke to new life after many years of dreamless slumber. The goldsmiths and jewelry designers of the late 1930s and 1940s had often wavered indecisively between the forms of a strict, geometric Art Deco and the repetition of Biedermeier and historicist elements desired by the state. In the course of the new beginning and the liberation from the dark years, forms suddenly became free: experimental design found its way into jewelry design as well as into the art of these years. Here we see a ring from around 1960. Forged from 14-karat gold and set with a green tourmaline and six diamonds, it is a typical piece of jewelry from the German economic miracle era. The oval-cut green tourmaline is set in the center and is only held in place by delicate prongs. Golden arches are strung together like garlands around the center stone and the polished surfaces offer six fine diamonds in white gold settings space to sparkle. The result is an open-worked ring face whose design incorporates light and shadow as well as sparkle and color. The ring is in very good condition. We discovered it in the Rhineland.

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Tourmaline is a gemstone that displays a wide range of colors. Almost all colors occur, from blue to yellow, pink and green. Its wonderful radiance has made tourmaline one of the most highly prized gemstones since time immemorial. The name tourmaline comes from the Sinhalese word thuramali ("තුරමලි") or thoramalli ("තෝරමල්ලි"), which was generally used for colorful gemstones found in Sri Lanka. Larger quantities of tourmaline were only exported from Sri Lanka to Europe in the mid-18th century

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€ 1,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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