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Gold smokey quartz ring “Gaia”

$880

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Description

A stunning ring in 18 carat yellow gold set with an emerald-cut smokey quartz weighing around 40 carats, on an openwork interlaced frame.

  • Size: FR 53 / UK M1/2 / US 6 1/2
  • Weight: 10.3 g
  • Eagle hallmark

This unique piece had a previous life in France.

The story: The cocktail ring was born with prohibition in 1920. The United States ban on the sale of alcohol gave birth to cocktails, a mixture of smuggled alcohol, undrinkable alone, with sugar and other ingredients to hide its taste. The bars, called speakeasies, were mostly frequented by men and emancipated women: the Flapper girls. The latter, to draw attention to the hand that holds the glass, begin to wear colorful and imposing rings far from the codes of the engagement ring.