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Salvador Dali For Piaget 'Dalí d'Or' 22K Gold Coin Ring in 18K Gold Setting

Creator: Salvador Dalí
Offered by: Assay Jewelry

Description
22K Gold Salvador Dali "Dalí d'Or" for Piaget Limited Edition Coin. Circa 1966. Ring setting is made of 18 karat gold.

Signed by Salvador Dali, Piaget, and Van Cleef & Arpels. Complete with an original Van Cleef and Arpels Bergdorf Goodman Paris Jewels Boutique box. Also included is the book 'Piaget' by Franco Cologni in which the Dalí d'Or collection is displayed. This ring was typically made as a collaboration between Salvador Dali and Piaget, while this ring has an additional exchange of hands in its signature and retailing by Van Cleef at Bergdorf Goodmans Paris Jewels Boutique, respectively.

Ring Details:
- Type: Signet Ring
- Metal(s): 22K Gold Coin, 18K Gold Setting
- Reference No.: 3141500
- VCA Reference No.: 5V383-6
- Band Width: 3.5mm
- Elevation Off The Finger: 7.2mm
- Ring Face Measurement: 20.4 x 20.9 MM
- Gross Weight: 16.6 grams

Retailer: Bergdorf Goodman Paris Jewels Boutique

Hallmarks:
"Piaget"
"750"
"VCA 5V383-6"
"314"
"0900"
"1966"
"1/2"
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Ring Size Guide:
UK/AU: K 1/2
USA/Canada: 6½
France: 50.25
China/Japan/India: 10
Germany/Russia/Ukraine: 16.25
Italy/Spain/Netherlands/Switzerland: 10.25
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Included with this purchase is the book 'Piaget' by Franco Cologni in which the Dalí d'Or is displayed. The page's contents are relayed below:

Depicting himself and Gala with as well as recurring motifs such as laurel leaves and eggs - a symbol of rebirth frequently used in his work. Piaget described these pieces at the time of release as follows:

From the genius of Salvador Dalí, his palette and his crucible, a new coinage has come to us – the Gold Dalí. The obverse bears the famous mustachioed 'lucky antennae' profile, inseparable from the effigy of wife Gala: 'my Gravida queller of terrors and conqueror of desire'.

On the reverse, in the likeness of our own earthly sphere – the hard yet soft element – are the eggs, teeming with life in process of formation – the world of tomorrow. For Salvador Dali, the egg is so replete with meaning that it is to be found in most of his key-works.

Enthralled by these captivating gold coins, emblems of art absolute from Dali's alchemistic smithy, PIAGET, the master-jewellers, have secured the sole right to combine them with their own ‘haut luxe' production. And so you will now find '5 Dali' - '2 Dali' - '1 Dali' - '½ Dali' pieces converted, as is done with antique coins, into pendants, bracelets, rings and other exclusive items. We may add that each and every Dali coin has a 900/1000 gold content and bears a serial number. Mintage is, of course, limited.