Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring by Unknown artist

Vintage Art Deco platinum diamond and sapphire engagement ring 1920

Unknown artist

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€ 3.850

Adin Fine Antique Jewellery

  • About the artwork

    Antique jewelry object group: engagement ring (or anniversary ring)

    Condition: excellent condition
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    Country of origin:Although it does not carry any legible control marks we believe this to be of Belgian origin.

    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 afterWorld 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 thebest 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 artsand 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 thenewly 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.or more info on styles

    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 commercialarts 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 restaurantssuch 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, asexclusivity 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 theearly 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 havepolitical or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative.

    Period: ca. 1920
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    Material: platinum
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    Extra information: engagement ring - Especially in Western cultures, an engagement ring is a ring indicating the that the person wearing it is engaged to be married. In the United Kingdom, and North America, engagement rings are traditionally worn only by women, and rings can featuregemstones. In other cultures men and women usually wear matching rings, which can be plain. In some cultures, engagement rings are also used as wedding rings.

    Conventionally, the woman's ring is presented as a betrothal gift by a man to his prospective spouse while he proposes marriage or directly after she accepts his marriage proposal. It represents a formal agreement to future marriage. Rings can be boughtby the man, the couple together, or by each partner for the other.

    In North America and the United Kingdom, it is worn on the left hand ring finger, while in Poland and Ukraine, it is customary for the ring to be worn on the right hand. In Germany, the ring is worn on the left hand while engaged, but moved to the righthand when married. Similar traditions purportedly date to classical times, dating back from an early usage reportedly referring to the fourth finger of the left hand as containing the vena amoris or "vein of love".

    Betrothal rings were used during Roman times, but weren't generally revived in the Western world until the 13th century. The first well-documented use of a diamond ring to signify engagement was by the Archduke Maximilian of Austria in imperial court ofVienna in 1477, upon his betrothal to Mary of Burgundy.

    In the 20th century, if he could afford it, the typical Western groom privately selected and purchased an engagement ring, which he then presented to his desired bride when he proposed marriage. More recently, couples frequently select an engagement ring together. (from Wikipedia)

    Diamond(s): One old European cut diamondwith an estimated weight of ± 0.20ct. (colour and clarity: G/H, vs/si).
    26 rose cut diamonds. We do not have the weight of the diamonds which is normal in our trade when it comes to rose cuts.

    - All diamond weights, color grades and clarity are approximate since the stones were not removed from their mounts to preserve the integrity of the setting.

    Precious stones: 30 sapphires. We did not check if the sapphires are lab produced or not as this information has no influence on the value of this jewel. Natural sapphires and lab produced sapphires were both used in this era, rather more for their effect than for their intrinsic value.

    Birthstones: Diamond is the birthstone (or month stone) for April and sapphire for September.
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    Hallmarks: No trace.
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    Dimensions: top of ring 2,60 cm (1,02 inch) x 1,20 cm (0,47 inch)

    Weight: 4,40 gram (2,83 dwt)

    Ring size Continental: 53 & 17 , Size US 6¼ , Size UK: M

    Resizing: Free resizing (only for extreme resizing we have to charge).
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    Reference Nº: 17209-0239

    Copyright photography: Adin, fine antique jewelry

  • About the artist

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