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Elegant Brooch with Pearls & Enamel in Silver, Probably Pforzheim ca. 1905

€ 498.00 ^*

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Elegant Brooch with Pearls & Enamel in Silver, Probably Pforzheim ca. 1905

Description

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What a wintry look! The brooch here made of silver shimmers in icy blue and snow-white enamel. At the same time, the design forms a symmetrical frame in which the sparkling stones and fine leaves made of silver fill. Three natural pearls are movably attached. They perfectly complement the color world of this jewellery turned winter magic. The design of the brooch combines classicist borrowings with the clear taste of the beginning modernity. When the brooch was created in the early years shortly after 1900, it was thus uncompromisingly modern. The fact that it was made in silver rather than gold suited it: The jewelry manufacturers in Pforzheim in southern Germany were able to deliver new designs in this material every season, becoming leaders throughout Europe. This background also explains the unusual trimming of the brooch. In the center of the brooch is a garnet-glass doublet in the color of sapphire, which is completely unusual today, but was very common in those days. A very thin slice of garnets is stuck on a body of blue glass, both were then faceted together. This has created a gemstone that has a high refraction due to the garnets and therefore much richer than sparkles than glass. In addition, the surface is harder and better protected against scratches. Only the price was of course more affordable than a real sapphire - and so the doublet was also used in this elegant brooch. We discovered the piece in Westphalia. It is very well preserved and a fine example of sophisticated turn-of-the-century costume jewelry. Cf. with similar designs from the Victor Mayer manufactory Fritz Falk: Jugendstil-Schmuck aus Pforzheim, Stuttgart 2008, p. 253.

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€ 498.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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