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Antique Art Nouveau Brooch in Gold Doublé and Plique-à-Jour Enamel, Probably Pforzheim c. 1910


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Antique Art Nouveau Brooch in Gold Doublé and Plique-à-Jour Enamel, Probably Pforzheim c. 1910
Antique Art Nouveau Brooch in Gold Doublé and Plique-à-Jour Enamel, Probably Pforzheim c. 1910
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In the course of the 19th century, a new group of buyers came to the attention of jewellery makers with the financially and politically growing bourgeoisie. Pieces of jewellery were no longer made solely from precious gold and gemstones; cheaper materials were also used, allowing decorative designs to be created in every fashionable style. The center of this democratization of jewellery in Germany was the city of Pforzheim. Here, in southern Germany, hundreds of large and small jewellery companies supplied the whole of Europe with jewellery in the latest designs, but made from cheaper materials than the leading jewellers from Paris. This brooch is one such "costume jewellery" from Pforzheim in the Art Nouveau style. At first glance, the floral design appears to be made of gold. However, it is actually made of so-called "gold doublé", also known as rolled gold: a thin layer of gold was rolled onto a base metal under high pressure. This special type of gilding is therefore particularly thick and durable and can even be engraved. The rolled gold is combined here with a red glass stone and a wax pearl, which appear like delicious fruit from the sweeping branch. The leaves are decorated with elaborate plique-à-jour enamel, which was particularly popular with Art Nouveau artists. Our brooch is not signed, but it was almost certainly made in Pforzheim. Further information on Pforzheim jewellery in French and German Art Nouveau forms can be found in the wonderfully illustrated volume by Fritz Falk: Jugendstil-Schmuck aus Pforzheim, Stuttgart 2008.
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Antique Art Nouveau Brooch in Gold Doublé and Plique-à-Jour Enamel, Probably Pforzheim c. 1910
A Fresh Becoming
€ 269.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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