Cocktails by the Pool

Glamorous Aquamarine & Diamond Ring in White Gold by Karl Friedrich, circa 1950

€ 16,790.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Glamorous Aquamarine & Diamond Ring in White Gold by Karl Friedrich, circa 1950

Description

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

Do you know the photographs of Slim Aarons? Ladies with wide-brimmed hats on spacious terraces, turquoise pools and whitewashed columns - then again interiors in the "Hollywood Regency" style, elegant boudoirs and the powdery colors of the Technicolor palette. The American photographer staged these scenes of the international jet set of the midcentury era like no other, and this ring also originates from this world. As a classic cocktail ring, it presents a large, precious coloured stone. It is a clear, brilliant aquamarine of 21.70 ct, the color of a blue swimming pool, surrounded here by wave-like bands of diamonds. A total of 58 diamonds totaling about 0.70 ct set the sculptural sweeps of high karat white gold. They are all of fine white to white color and of excellent clarity (if-vvsi). The ring has survived in its original case from jeweller Karl Friedrich of Frankfurt am Main. Friedrich was for a long time the first jeweler of Frankfurt. Founded by Karl Friedrich in 1947, the house became suddenly famous when Barbra Streisand exclaimed on television in the 1970s that what she liked best about Germany was "Jewels by Friedrich!" Even if this episode was no mere coincidence, the pieces from the house's workshop are convincing in terms of quality and design. The ring presented here is no exception. We were able to acquire the cocktail ring as part of a very high-end collection of luxurious jewellery created from the 1950s onwards. Its first wearer was what was called a "socialite" even in Slim Aarons' day. And of course, any life on the social stage includes elegant receptions and cocktail parties: the ring may have witnessed more than a few such occasions. It comes with an external certificate from DEGEB confirming the quality of the materials.

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Cocktails by the Pool

€ 16,790.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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