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Vintage Sugarloaf Sapphire and Diamond Cluster Ring in White Gold, c. 1980

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Vintage Sugarloaf Sapphire and Diamond Cluster Ring in White Gold, c. 1980

Description

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

A classic among engagement rings is undoubtedly the cluster ring with a blue sapphire at its centre, surrounded by white diamonds. This is not least because the Princess of Wales wears such a ring, which was Lady Diana's engagement ring back in 1981. But even in the 19th century, the blue sapphire was associated with love and fidelity, as a glance at the "gem lore" of those years reveals. At the center of this beautiful ring, which we date to around 1980 due to its design, is a dark blue sapphire in the so-called "sugarloaf cut". The unusual gemstone has a cushion-shaped base and is cut into a high cabochon that is actually reminiscent of a sugar loaf. The untreated sapphire (no heat), weighing approx. 3.70 ct, is surrounded by a total of 12 fine diamonds weighing 0.95 ct. The ring itself is forged from 18-karat white gold. We particularly liked the ring because of its beautiful center stone, which is an unusual variation on the classic sapphire motif with a diamond entourage.

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Of all gemstones, the deep blue sapphire in particular has been ascribed various mythical qualities over the centuries. In the Middle Ages, bishops wore this stone as a ring because they believed it warded off deceit and falsehood and protected the wearer from envy. In his natural history of gemstones, Della storia naturale della cameo, Naples 1730, Giacinto Gimma then wrote that the color blue stands for Venus and the study of celestial bodies and stars, and is represented most purely in sapphire. It is possible that the meaning of sapphire in gemlore, the language of gemstones, developed from these associations in the 19th century. In this language, it was associated with truth and loving loyalty. For example, the painter Sir Edward Burne Jones, who also designed jewellery, wrote to his close friend Frances Graham: "Sapphire is truth, and I am never without it [...] Sapphires I make my totem of!"

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I Want To Know What Love Is

€ 9,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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