With spring subsiding into full on-summer sun, it’s the perfect time to review this season’s chicest hue – rose gold. This most alluring of alloys never fails to grant your skin the subtlest of blushes, ensuring you of a sun-kissed halo glow wherever you go. While, today, this unique pink shade is all the rage in haute joaillerie circles, it actually originally rose to fame some two centuries ago, largely on account of the influence Peter Carl Fabergé, that most renowned of Russian jewellers.

14 gafencu rose gold jewellery Versace Trésor de la Mer choker14/14

1 gafencu rose gold jewellery Messika Paris Released Sun necklace1/14

2 gafencu rose gold jewellery Chaumet Josephine Collection ring2/14

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4 gafencu rose gold jewellery Suzanne Kalan Audrey ring4/14

5 gafencu rose gold jewellery Selim Mouzannar Mina necklace5/14

6 gafencu rose gold jewellery Daniela Villegas Chameleon ring6/14

7 gafencu rose gold jewellery De Beers Enchanted Lotus ring7/14

8 gafencu rose gold jewellery Cartier Juste un Clou bracelet8/14

9 gafencu rose gold jewellery Buccellati Aubade cocktail earrings9/14

10 gafencu rose gold jewellery Ileana Makri Grass Seed ring10/14

11 gafencu rose gold jewellery FRED ring11/14

12 gafencu rose gold jewellery Repossi Antifer ring12/14

13 gafencu rose gold jewellery Pomellato Fantine ring13/14

14 gafencu rose gold jewellery Versace Trésor de la Mer choker14/14

1 gafencu rose gold jewellery Messika Paris Released Sun necklace1/14

Image: Messika Paris Released Sun necklace; Chaumet Josephine Collection ring; Piaget Wings of Light ring; Suzanne Kalan Audrey ring; Selim Mouzannar Mina necklace; Daniela Villegas Chameleon ring; De Beers Enchanted Lotus ring

This innovative craftsman was the among the first to incorporate rose gold, at the time a somewhat novel material, into his designs, most notably in the shape of his iconic Fabergé eggs. So famous did these accessories become that the material initially came to fame as ‘Russian Gold’, before wider international use saw the current more general term adopted 

14 gafencu rose gold jewellery Versace Trésor de la Mer choker14/14

1 gafencu rose gold jewellery Messika Paris Released Sun necklace1/14

2 gafencu rose gold jewellery Chaumet Josephine Collection ring2/14

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4 gafencu rose gold jewellery Suzanne Kalan Audrey ring4/14

5 gafencu rose gold jewellery Selim Mouzannar Mina necklace5/14

6 gafencu rose gold jewellery Daniela Villegas Chameleon ring6/14

7 gafencu rose gold jewellery De Beers Enchanted Lotus ring7/14

8 gafencu rose gold jewellery Cartier Juste un Clou bracelet8/14

9 gafencu rose gold jewellery Buccellati Aubade cocktail earrings9/14

10 gafencu rose gold jewellery Ileana Makri Grass Seed ring10/14

11 gafencu rose gold jewellery FRED ring11/14

12 gafencu rose gold jewellery Repossi Antifer ring12/14

13 gafencu rose gold jewellery Pomellato Fantine ring13/14

14 gafencu rose gold jewellery Versace Trésor de la Mer choker14/14

1 gafencu rose gold jewellery Messika Paris Released Sun necklace1/14

Image: Cartier Juste un Clou bracelet; Buccellati Aubade cocktail earrings; Ileana Makri Grass Seed ring; FRED ring; Repossi Antifer ring; Pomellato Fantine ring; Versace Trésor de la Mer choker

The actual colour of the material can vary from an orange-tinted yellow to a deep red depending on the ratio of yellow gold to copper, with an increased proportion of the latter bestowing more of a scarlet tinge to the alloy, Malleable to the extreme, it serves as the perfect counterpoint to a plethora of precious gemstones, as perfectly evidenced by both Piaget’s multi-hued Wings of Light ring and Versace’s ocean-inspired Trésor de la Mer necklace.