Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist
Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant by Unknown artist

Vintage 1920's Belle Epoque / Art Deco diamond engagement ring with fancy colour center brilliant 1920

Unknown artist

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€ 6.250

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  • About the artwork

    Antique jewelry object group
    engagement ring (or anniversary ring)

    Condition
    good condition
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    Country of origin
    unknown

    Style
    Something between Art Deco and Belle Époque - Art Deco is an eclectic artistic and design style which had its origins in Paris in the first decades of the 20th century. The style originated in the 1920s and continued to be employed until after World War II. The term "art deco" first saw wide use after an exhibition in 1966, referring to the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes that was the culmination of high-end style modern in Paris. Led by the best designers in the decorative arts such as fashion, and interior design, Art Deco affected all areas of design throughout the 1920s and 1930s, including architecture and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as painting, the graphic arts and film. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, glamorous, functional and modern. See also: Art Deco.

    And the Belle Époque (French for "Beautiful Era") was a period in European social history that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. Occurring during the time of the French Third Republic and the German Empire, the "Belle Époque" was named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a "golden age" the major powers of Europe, new technologies improved lives and the commercial arts adapted Renaissance and eighteenth-century styles to modern forms. In the newly rich United States, emerging from the Panic of 1873, the comparable epoch was dubbed the Gilded Age. In the United Kingdom, this epoch overlaps the end of what is called the Victorian Era there and the period named the Edwardian Era.
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    Style specifics
    This is something between Belle Époque and Art Deco.
    The Belle Époque (French for "Beautiful Era") was a period in European social history that began during the late 19th century from the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) and lasted until World War I (1914-18).

    Occurring during the time of the French Third Republic and the German Empire, the "Belle Époque" was named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a "golden age" the major powers of Europe, new technologies improved lives and the commercial arts adapted Renaissance and eighteenth-century styles to modern forms.

    In the newly rich United States, emerging from the Panic of 1873, the comparable epoch was dubbed the Gilded Age. In the United Kingdom, this epoch overlaps the end of what is called the Victorian Era there and the period named the Edwardian Era.

    In the Belle Époque cheap coal and cheap labour contributed to the cult of the orchid and made possible the perfection of fruits grown under glass, as the apparatus of state dinners extended to the upper classes; champagne was perfected during the Belle Époque. Exotic feathers and furs were more prominently featured in fashion than ever before, as haute couture was invented in Paris, the centre of the Belle Époque, where fashion began to move in a yearly cycle; in Paris restaurants such as Maxim's achieved a new splendour and cachet as places for the rich to parade, and the Opéra Garnier devoted enormous spaces to staircases as similar show places.

    After mid-century, railways linked all the major cities of Europe to spa towns like Biarritz and Deauville; their carriages were rigorously divided into first-class and second-class, but the super-rich now began to commission private railway coaches, as exclusivity was a hallmark of opulent luxury. Bohemian lifestyles gained a different glamour, pursued in the cabarets of Montmartre.

    Art Deco
    Abstract motives and geometrical forms are quite typical for the Art Deco period. Art Deco moved away from the soft pastels and organic forms of its style predecessor, Art Nouveau, and embraced influences from many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Neoclassical, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, and Futurism. Its popularity peaked in Europe during the Roaring Twenties and continued strongly in the United States through the 1930s. Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative.

    Period
    ca. 1920
    Events & facts of this era, poetry of this era, fashion of this era.

    Material
    Two tones of precious metal, the main part being 18K yellow gold and the white parts are either white gold or platinum. (touchstone tested)
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    Extra information
    Diamond is the birthstone for the month of April, and besides being the most popular gemstone for engagement rings, it is also the anniversary gem for the 10th and 60th years of marriage.

    Even though the diamond is the hardest of all gemstones known to man, it is the simplest in composition: it is common carbon. The ancient Greeks believed that diamonds were splinters of stars fallen to earth. It was even said by some that they were the tears of the Gods or perhaps crystallized lightning or hardened dew drops. The exact origin of diamonds remained something of a mystery for centuries.

    In ancient times only kings wore diamonds as a symbol of strength, courage and invincibility. Over the centuries, the diamond acquired its unique status as the ultimate gift of love. It was said that Cupid's arrows were tipped with diamonds which have a magic that nothing else can ever quite equal.

    But it wasn't until 1477, when Archduke Maximillian of Austria gave a diamond ring to Mary of Burgundy, that the tradition of diamond engagement rings began. Even the reason a woman wears it on the third finger of her left hand dates back to the early Egyptian belief that the vena amoris (vein of love) ran directly from the heart to the top of the third finger, left hand.

    Diamonds
    One old European cut diamondwith an estimated weight of ± 0.50ct
    Colour and clarity: Natural Fancy Yellow Lime and si
    15 old mine brilliant cut diamondswith an estimated weight of ± 0.60ct colour and clarity F/I, si/i


    Total diamond count
    16 pcs.

    Total diamond weight
    approx. 1.10 crt

    All diamond weights, color grades and clarity are approximate since stones are not removed from their mounts to preserve the integrity of the setting.
    All diamonds we offer are screened by the I.J.G.C. for whether they are natural or synthetic, and all diamonds in this jewel are 100% guaranteed to be natural.

    Birthstones
    Diamond is the birthstone (or month stone) for April.
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    Hallmarks
    "18K" indicating 18K gold
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    Dimensions
    band width top of ring 1,07 cm (0,42 inch)
    see picture with a ruler in millimeters and inches

    Weight
    4,00 gram (2,57 dwt)

    Ring size Continental EU: 55 & 17½ , Size USA: 7¼ , Size UK: O

    Resizing
    Free resizing (only for extreme resizing we have to charge).
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    Adin Reference Nº
    23081-0049

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