Antique Bracelet with Moonstones in Tricolor Gold by Lotos, Germany, c. 1935

Clair de Lune

Antique Bracelet with Moonstones in Tricolor Gold by Lotos, Germany, c. 1935

€ 3,690.00 ^*

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Description

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"There is another gemstone I would like to mention, which, of course, has nothing of sunny colorfulness about it, but rather chose the mild, soft moonbeam as its patron saint; it is also named after it: moonlight stone. Born in Scotland, it had only come to the continent as a kind of visitor, but since the ladies and misses became the stars of fashion, Parisian women have also taken an interest in the clair de lune jewellery, so much so that it has become a matter of fashion. The bluish gray, translucent stone looks particularly beautiful, almost melancholy, with black toilets." This is what the German ladies' journal Der Bazar reported to its readers in May 1890. Numerous other sources of the time testify to a veritable rush for this bluish, shimmering, clear stone, whose ethereal appearance fitted in so perfectly with the attitude to life and artistic sense of the era. Since that time, we have repeatedly encountered the moonstone in high-quality antique pieces of jewellery, including this bracelet from the 1930s. Four exceptionally beautiful, large moonstones are strung together here and shimmer like drops in a strong morning dew. With remarkable clarity, they display the characteristic so-called adularescence, the bluish to white shimmer that glides gently over the surface of the stones when they move, like the moonlight that gives them their name. The stones are set in white gold over yellow and red gold, a typical design from around 1935. In the graduated 1930s, Art Déco changed from the frosty, filigree appearance of early designs made of diamonds and platinum to much more sculptural forms, which were executed in bright yellow and red gold. This so-called "retro jewelry" based on the American model was also very popular in France and, with a slight delay, in Germany, and shaped jewelry design until the early 1950s. This bracelet, created around 1935, is a characteristic example of this style, which favored powerful shapes and intensely colored gemstones. The bracelet bears the manufacturer's mark "Lotos", which was registered by the Philipp Döppenschmitt company in Pforzheim as early as 1872 and was used until around 1965. This elegant piece of jewellery came to us from central Germany. The quote from: v. G., "Modisches für den Sommer", Der Bazar, 36th vol. (May 27, 1890), pp. 201-202, here p. 202.

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Clair de Lune

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Content 1 piece

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