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We proudly present: important collection of rose cut diamond, silver set gold backed jewelry

We proudly present:

important collection of rose cut diamond, silver set gold backed jewelry

Impressive Retro ring with big old brilliant cut diamond and carre rubies from the antique jewelry collection of www.adin.be
€3,750		 Very strong design handmade Retro ring with diamonds and rubies from the forties from the antique jewelry collection of www.adin.be
€27,000

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(or click here for all our silver on gold jewelry.		 Typical bi-color gold estate Retro ring with rubies and rose cut diamonds from the antique jewelry collection of www.adin.be
€2,450
Extrovert and stylish red gold vintage Art Retro ring with diamonds and rubies from the antique jewelry collection of www.adin.be
€7,650		 AStrong design gold Retro cocktail ring with diamonds, estate ring from the antique jewelry collection of www.adin.be
€4,450
Charming red gold retro ring with rubies and diamonds from the antique jewelry collection of www.adin.be
€5,250		 Sturdy pink gold retro ring with rose cut diamonds and carre cut rubies from the antique jewelry collection of www.adin.be
€16,500
 

The technique of setting diamonds in gold-backed silver finds its origin centuries ago, when jewelers believed that only a silver mounting could render the true beauty of diamonds. Backing the silver jewel with a layer of gold was a practical precaution taken to avoid the silver leaving black stains on clothing or skin.

It was not until the late Nineteenth, early Twentieth Century with the recognition, and thus use, of platinum as precious metal and the development of white gold the practical necessity to use bi-colored material became obsolete. The argument to use bi-colored metals became more an esthetic habit than a practical necessity. Goldsmiths kept using bi-colored metals to emphasize the diamond settings up to the fifties of the Twentieth Century.
 
 
 

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Symbolic Love jewelry in The Garden of Adin

Symbolic Love jewelry 
in The Garden of Adin
Victorian diamond crown heart pendant, a so-called Vlaams Hart, huge rose diamonds from the antique jewelry collection of Adin Antique Jewelry Store, Antwerp, Belgium

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One of the most peculiar and wide spread Flemish pieces of regional jewelry is a diamond heart pendant, the so-called "Vlaams hart" (Dutch for “Flemish heart"). These hearts were fashionable in the 19th century and mostly made in gold backed silver (see also the silver on gold technique). A Flemish heart is a heart shaped field set with rose cut diamonds and/or senelles hanging under a crowning. 

There are two sorts of crownings possible:
1) The crowing is a crown and then it is build up from horizontal, diamond embellished, tendrils that are resting on a smooth surfaced ajour cut band with flattened little rhombic bars. The tendrils from the top incline slightly over this ajour cut band towards the actual cross emphasizing the unity of the jewel.

2) The crowing as love trophy. A collection of four elements, a torch and quiver that are crossing each other, a bow that is horizontal mingled with them and all held together by a laurel. The slightly upwards direction of both ends of the bow refers to the St. Andrew's cross. Torch, quiver and bow are typical attributes to Amor (Eros) and the laurel refers to the triumph of love. This combination was already in use with the old Greek and Romans and later of course in the Renaissance and had a enormous success in France in the Louis XVI period (1774-1793). 



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