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Cocktail Rings
accessed via a password between tastes of liqueurs and prohibited fun in total secrecy. During those parties which became legend, in the coded language of illegal drinkers, the drinks were ordered by attracting the attention of the barman by raising and elegantly moving the right hand, the one where the magnificent cocktail ring sparkled. The controversial and tormented age of prohibition is well represented by a famous literary work, “The Great Gatsby” (1925), in which Francis Scott Fitzgerald writes about an America still unaware of the Wall Street crisis, made of dreams of riches and hopes, alcohol smugglers and flappers. It is in those mythical 1920s that extra-large, showy and sparkling cocktail rings of gemstones of significant carat weight become the favourite rings of rich ladies and movie stars. The actress Mae West, muse of Salvador Dalì and sex symbol, adored them studded with diamonds. Greta Garbo wore them from the time of Mati Hari, the film of 1931, directed by George Fitzmaurice, in which she wore the jewels of the famous spy-dancer. Joan Crawford owned one, embellished by an enormous citrine quartz. Luxurious, original rings, full of character which
Dall’alto, in senso antiorario: anello di design lineare, con 65 diamanti del peso complessivo di circa 6,5 carati, incastonati in una montatura di platino; anello con cupola centrale in diamanti, i lati incisi con diamanti taglio rotondo e baguette, in oro bianco 14 Kt; anello con diamanti taglio antico, baguette e marquise. Anno 1972, firmato Kutchinsky.
From the top, anticlockwise: linear design ring, with 65 diamonds of the overall weight of approx. 6,5 carats, set in a platinum mount; ring with central cupola in diamonds, the sides engraved with round and baguette cut diamonds, in 14 Kt white gold; ring with antique, baguette and marquise cut diamonds. Year 1972 signed Kutchinsky.
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