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Large Vintage Gold Ring with Baltic Amber, Germany c. 1965


€ 498.00 *
Content 1 piece
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Large Vintage Gold Ring with Baltic Amber, Germany c. 1965
Large Vintage Gold Ring with Baltic Amber, Germany c. 1965
Description
This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!
Amber is one of the oldest jewellery materials known to mankind and was traded over long distances thousands of years ago. The fossilised tree resin travelled along the so-called Amber Road from the shores of the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean and beyond. A scarab made of Baltic amber was even found in the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Before the Second World War, Germany was the centre of European amber jewellery production. The former East Prussia was home to the most important deposits of the fossilised tree resin; amber was even mined here in open-cast mines. The State Amber Manufactory (SBM), founded in Königsberg in 1926, was particularly innovative and many renowned designers worked there until its demise in 1945. This impressively large gold ring, which presents a clarified amber in the form of an oval cabochon, is part of this succession. The amber shows a decorative inclusion pattern of sun flint, which wonderfully enlivens its cognac colour. A hand-forged gold setting makes the amber wearable as a ring and its expressive design reflects the design language of the 1960s. This beautifully preserved ring was created in Germany and came to us here in Berlin.
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Large Vintage Gold Ring with Baltic Amber, Germany c. 1965
Captured Sunlight
€ 498.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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