Fifties bouquet of flowers three colors of gold set with rubies and diamonds

Wedding Flowers Posted by Bell | flowers jewelry | Friday 9 April 2010 9:54 pm


Antique jewelry object group: brooches

Country of origin: Belgium

Style: Fifties (of the twentieth century)
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Style specifics: This type of jewelry is very specific for the fifties of the twenthieth century. All sorts of animals and flowers were used as source of inspiration for the goldsmiths. Made in gold and decorated with enamel and precious stones, the result of their labour most of the times well-made, clever and cute.

Period: ca. 1950 (events and facts in 1950)

Source of inspiration: mother nature

Theme: Bouquet of flowers

Material: 18K tri-color (red, yellow, white) gold

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Diamonds: Twelvesemi-modern brilliant cut diamonds with a total estimated weight of approx. 1.10 crt. Their cut is semi-modern as the stones are polished around 1950 which means that although to today’s standards they are considered to be modern brilliant cuts, their cullet (the point at the bottom) are still polished flat.
Note: 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: 25 rubies
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Birthstones: Diamond is the birthstone (or month stone) for April and ruby for July.
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Brand: hallmark of the Belgian jeweller Boschmans

Hallmarks: “750″ indicating 18K gold
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Condition: excellent condition

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Dimensions: length 9.40 cm (3.70 inch)

Weight: 50.30 gram (32.34 dwt)

thank you beautiful photo & information : adin.be

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