objet/unusual ring with opals and diamonds in silver on gold c 1900 and later oJNhQCF 631484258 / Ventes en cours

objet/unusual ring with opals and diamonds in silver on gold c 1900 and later oJNhQCF 631484258

Ventes en coursRésultats des ventes

objet/unusual ring with opals and diamonds in silver on gold c 1900 and later oJNhQCF 631484258

Ventes en coursRésultats des ventes

Présentez votre vente aux enchères à des collectionneurs du monde entier !

Soyez référencé dès maintenant

Restez au courant du monde des antiquités

En vous abonnant, vous acceptez la politique de confidentialité. Désabonnez-vous à tout moment.

Barnebys

Barnebys HQ

Brahegatan 10
BOX 5038
114 37 Stockholm

Compagnie

Explorer davantage

Soutien

Toutes les enchères / Bijouterie & Joaillerie / Unusual Ring with Opals and Diamonds in Silver on Gold, c. 1900 and later

6d 12hDE

Unusual Ring with Opals and Diamonds in Silver on Gold, c. 1900 and later

In 1894, a correspondent for a famous jewellery magazine described the opal as “that exquisite stone with its fairy light dancing over its delicate surface.” For decades, the iridescent gemstone had been discredited as a bringer of misfortune. However, when magnificent opals from Australia reached Europe in the 1890s, society could not resist the gem’s mysterious beauty —for it fit so perfectly into a cultural milieu in which the enigmatic paintings of Symbolism, the decadent tales of Oscar Wilde, and the otherworldly poetry of Stefan George were being discussed. This ring seems tailor-made to showcase these qualities of the opal—even if that was not its original purpose, for it appears to have been reworked in an earlier era from a component of another piece of jewellery and combined with the opals to form a ring. The fact that this occurred early on is also evident in the ornamental, hand-crafted band, which, when viewed from the side, forms spiral tendrils. The opals, shimmering with every movement, mark the ends of the ring. Between them, curved leaves and tendrils wind their way, upon which diamond roses shimmer as if in a moonlit garden. The dynamic lines and the shape of the leaves reveal influences of the Neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau styles, whose forms often overlapped at the turn of the century. We discovered this extraordinary ring in Paris; it bears French import marks, so we can say with certainty that it was not made in France but in a neighboring European country. The quotation is from Elsie Bee, “Through the Vista of Past Fashions,” *The Jewelers’ Circular*, Silver Anniversary (1894), pp. 78–81 (here p. 81).

Estimation:€2,390

Vers la vente aux enchères

Voir tous les objets deHofer AntikschmuckouBijouterie & Joaillerie

Estimation:

€2,390

Vers la vente aux enchères