Passionate Promises

Vintage Engagement Ring with Ruby & Diamonds, c. 1970

€ 6,590.00 ^*

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Unit price €6,590.00 / piece

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Vintage Engagement Ring with Ruby & Diamonds, c. 1970

Description

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

What is the classic engagement ring? Two options come to mind: one is the diamond solitaire, set in white gold. It focuses entirely on the brilliance of a diamond, white and bright, and has come back into fashion, especially in recent years. In the decades before, it was rather the so-called entourage ring that defined the idea of the perfect engagement ring. It was virtually the classic engagement ring of the 70s and 80s. Entourage rings, usually made of white gold, surround a precious coloured stone with a wreath of sparkling diamonds. Here too, diamonds are part of the ring's message: due to their great hardness, they are symbols of eternity and the everlasting promise made with the ring. However, they do not stand alone here, but serve primarily to present the central coloured stone in the best possible way, to give its colour and beauty the right setting. An entourage ring therefore not only tells of the duration of the bond, it also has a personal touch: rubies, for example, speak of passion that is meant to burn forever, while sapphires speak of fidelity. It goes without saying that an entourage ring can be just as precious a gift as a solitaire. The ring here presents a wonderful, deep red, natural ruby in a double frame of sparkling diamonds. The gemstones are set in brightly shining white gold and are of the finest quality. The pictured independent appraisal from the German Association for Gemstone Evaluation has confirmed their value. It comes with the ring we discovered here in Berlin.

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Jewellery of the 1960s and 1970s is characterized by optimism and belief in progress. After the organic forms of the fifties, a new desire for geometry returned in the age of the race to the moon. Rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings - the colour of the time was again white, like the stars, often combined with blue, like the sky of the night. Occasionally, in addition to sapphires, other coloured stones are found in primary colours, but it is mainly the cool sparkle of diamonds, combined with white gold, that makes the charm of the jewellery of this period. The settings of the designs break away from the heavy lust for shiny yellow gold of late Art Deco and increasingly dissolve into a mesh of white gold rods. The filigree structures of space equipment, the antennas of Sputnik, but also the skeletal structures of the new skyscrapers may have been the inspiration here. It is not without reason that a brooch with the name "Cosmos" wins the prize for Jewel of the Year in 1967. And every single piece of jewellery wins lightness, light and elegance.

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Passionate Promises

€ 6,590.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Unit price €6,590.00 / piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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