Blog - Marika De Cesare

Cocktail Ring: a jewel of great style

18/02/2021

L'cocktail ring it is partly recognized as such as it is believed that it was worn by women on the occasion of clandestine parties in clubs and private homes. From this point of view, the cocktail ring can be understood as an ironic response to prohibition: parties were organized in secret and the ladies indulged in tastings of forbidden liquor and entertainment in total secrecy, however they often did it with an exaggeratedly luxurious ring and flashy on your finger, the best way to get noticed in the shadow of Prohibition.
However, precisely because of this obligatory confidentiality, the cocktail ring became a well-known and renowned jewel especially starting from the 1950s, a time when, with the end of restrictions, people wanted to more serenely release their craving for leisure and elegance. and cocktail parties became very common and popular. Cocktail parties spread in the following decades and it is believed that the participants of such parties wore the famous rings, gigantic and luxurious, on their right hand. The cocktail ring is a large ring, with an originally simple setting that has been embellished over the years and based on the evolution of design, it sets a faceted precious stone of important caliber and is, always and in any case, a jewel that does not goes unnoticed.
Currently the cocktail ring is a jewel of great style , very popular and appreciated by those who love elegance and originality. In the modern era we are not forced to deal with prohibitions equal to those of the twenties and parties today are anything but clandestine. But wearing a cocktail ring, sparkling and embellished thanks to a stone of important dimensions and unique brilliance or to bright diamonds around it, still seems to be one of the most loved ways by a woman to get noticed.

Ancient Jewels

02/10/2020

Antique jewels differ from modern ones precisely because they have a whole story to tell, they have really characteristic and singular lines and shapes, completely different from those of traditional jewels and have become, precisely for this reason, collector's items. Even ancient jewels can be the protagonists of a precious collection, decidedly unusual but no less interesting, indeed.

Earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings that date back to past historical periods, made by hand with unique techniques, to show off whenever you want, to give to an important person or simply to keep in the collection.

antique jewels are characterized by timeless charm and beauty.

Ancient jewels, even if they are small in size, are no less important artistically than a sculpture or a statue. Collectors and enthusiasts are able to recognize the era of production of the jewel and to attribute a historical reference to it.

The jewel that symbolizes the feminine essence

06/07/2020

Since ancient times, women of all cultures have loved to cover their bodies with precious objects, attributing the most disparate meanings to them. Luxurious or minimal, kitsch or refined, trendy or elegant, the constant that unites each jewel is given by the desire of every woman to feel precious and to be able to wear a joy that contains this pleasure.

When the old becomes ancient, the out of fashion becomes vintage and stylistic courses and recourses give new life to materials, colors and techniques of a few centuries, it is then that a strongly evocative and evolutionary meaning is attributed to the past. Antique jewels are transformed into refined works of art which, in addition to their indisputable beauty, present an extra gear: they have a story to tell, they tell the need for man to innovate without straying too far from his origins.

This is the reason why Marika De Cesare reserves her attention to "jewels of other times", unique pieces designed and produced up to two centuries ago, children of other eras that preserve the magic of memory and embody the hope of future.