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Antique Belle Époque Brooch with Diamonds & Opals, ca. 1910

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Antique Belle Époque Brooch with Diamonds & Opals, ca. 1910

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Convincing and beautiful jewelry designs have existed in every era. But when it comes to delicacy and ethereal delicacy in design and realization, no era has produced such magnificent jewelry creations as those last short years on the eve of the First World War. At the height of the Belle Époque, jewelry was created that is still unparalleled in its delicacy. A wonderful example of this fine and in the best sense refined style is the luxurious brooch presented here, which found its way to us from Munich. The work of gold with a face of bright platinum presents itself in the form of a stylized wreath. Its surface is entirely set with diamonds in various historical cuts, some of which are significantly older than the jewelry itself. Three iridescent opals add to the jewelry their play of colors in all the tones of the rainbow that changes kaleidoscopically with every movement. The highlight of the composition is a wonderful diamond of about 0.90 carats, formed in the cushion-shaped old cut, the so-called Old Mine Cut. It is suspended in the center of the design as a moving pendulum. Twenty-two other diamonds complement its fire; in total, there are about 1.84 ct of diamonds set here. For dating, see the numerous impressive examples in David Bennet and Daniela Mascetti: Understanding Jewellery, Woodbridge 2010, et al. p. 281.

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The years shortly after 1900 brought a formal language to the world of jewellery in the form of the so-called "Garland Style", which countered Art Nouveau with a more classical, refined approach to style. Borrowings from Louis XVI forms and delicate motifs from classical antiquity enlivened a neoclassicism that valued small, delicate laurel vines as much as minute festoons and embellishments with tiny millegrains. Diamonds and pearls in white precious metals emphasized the festive and luxurious character of this jewellery.

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€ 4,290.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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