Mid 18th Century antique Baroque/Rococo ring with old mine cut diamonds 1750

Unknown artist

Yellow GoldDiamondGoldGemstone
€ 9.250

Adin Fine Antique Jewellery

• About the artwork

  Antique jewelry object group: ring
  
  Condition: excellent condition
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  Country of origin: unknown
  
  Style: Rococo - Rococo (less commonly roccoco) also referred to as "Late Baroque" is an 18th century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly more ornate, florid, and playful. Rococo rooms were designed as totalworks of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings. It was largely supplanted by the Neoclassic style. In 1835 the Dictionary of the French Academystated that the word Rococo "usually covers the kind of ornament, style and design associated with Louis XV's reign and the beginning of that of Louis XVI". It includes therefore, all types of art produced around the middle of the 18th century inFrance.
    -  See also: Rococoor more info on styles
  
  Style specifics: Rococo is a style of decoration that followed, c.1730, the baroque style in France (where it was also called rocaille), the principal features of which are asymmetry of ornament and a repertoire consisting to a considerable extent of rockwork, shells,flowers, foliage, and scrollwork. It was developed in France under Louis XV, 1715-74, and spread to Italy, Germany, and Austria and to a lesser extent to England.
  
  Period: ca. 1750
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  Material: 18K yellow gold
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  Technique: Enamelling is an old and widely-adopted technology. The ancient Egyptians applied enamels to pottery and stone objects. The ancient Greeks, Celts, Russians, and Chinese also used enameling processes on metal objects. Enamel is the colorful result offusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius. The powder melts and flows and hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating on metal, glass or ceramic. According to some sources, the word enamel comes fromthe High German word smelzan (to smelt) via the Old French esmail. Used as a noun, "an enamel" is a usually small decorative object, coated with enamel coating, such as a champlevé or a cloisonné (different techniques).
  
  Diamond(s): 15 old brilliant cut diamondswith an estimated weight of ± 1.50ct. (colour and clarity: G/K, vs/i).
  - 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.
  
  Total diamond weight: approx. 1.50 crt.
  
  Birthstones: Diamond is the birthstone (or month stone) for April.
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  Hallmarks: No trace.
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  Dimensions: top of ring 1,90 cm (0,75 inch) x 1,20 cm (0,47 inch)
  
  Weight: 4,80 gram (3,09 dwt)
  
  Ring size Continental: 51 & 16¼ , Size US 5½ , Size UK: K½
  
  Resizing: Free resizing (only for extreme resizing we have to charge).
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  Reference Nº: 16340-0042
  
  Copyright photography: Adin, fine antique jewelry
  
• About the artist

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