The Land Where Corals Lie

Antique Brooch with Corals & Pearls in Gold, c. 1890


€ 980.00 *
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Antique Brooch with Corals & Pearls in Gold, c. 1890
Antique Brooch with Corals & Pearls in Gold, c. 1890
Description
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The sea! Anyone who has ever seen it, who has ever stood alone on a beach, knows the longing to see it again and to feel its size and vastness. No wonder it has been sung about, painted, described and set to music time and again in the arts. One particularly touching song is Edward Elgar's The Land where Corals Lie, based on a poem by Richard Garnett. In it, the lyrical self longs for the eponymous land of corals, even the beloved lips of the beloved offer no support, the sea calls relentlessly: "Yet leave me, leave me, let me go / And see the land where corals lie." Elgar presented the song for the first time in October 1899 at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival as part of his newly created song cycle of Sea Pictures. The famous contralto Clara Butt performed the five songs dressed as a mermaid. The pieces quickly became famous. The song "The Land where Corals Lie" is still one of the most popular pieces of classical music in Great Britain today. Why this story? This brooch is just like a longing song of the sea. A large coral cabochon is surrounded by shimmering pearls. The coral is exceptionally large, shiny and polished and shows the natural structure of the coral tree in very light nuances of its salmon red colour. All gemstones are set in gold. The hallmark on the pin reveals that the brooch was probably made in Germany. We date it to around 1890, but the coral probably comes from the sea off Taiwan and the oriental pearls from the warm waters off the Arabian Peninsula. So it is a whole world tour that has come together here in one piece of jewellery. We discovered the very well-preserved brooch in Munich.
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Antique Brooch with Corals & Pearls in Gold, c. 1890
The Land Where Corals Lie
€ 980.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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