Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist
Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring by Unknown artist

Vintage Belle Epoque diamond and pearl romantic toi-et-moi engagement ring 1900

Unknown artist

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€ 3.200

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  • About the artwork

    Antique jewelry object group
    engagement ring (or anniversary ring)

    Condition
    very good condition
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    Country of origin
    unknown

    Style
    Belle Époque - 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 theGerman 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 tomodern 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 theEdwardian Era.
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    Style specifics
    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.

    Period
    ca. 1900
    Events & facts of this era, poetry of this era, fashion of this era.

    Theme
    Toi et Moi ring - The French call this shape of rings "Toi et Moi" which means "You and me".

    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
    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)

    Diamonds
    One old brilliant cut diamond with an estimated weight of ± 0.30ct colour and clarity G/I, vs/si
    Ten 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 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.

    Precious stones
    One cultured sweet water pearl

    Birthstones
    Pearl is the birthstone (or month stone) for June and pearl for June.
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    Hallmarks
    No trace.
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    Dimensions
    band width top of ring 0,98 cm (0,39 inch)
    see picture with a ruler in millimeters and inches

    Weight
    3,30 gram (2,12 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
    22298-0303

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