Antique Brooch With Opal And Diamond Roses In Red Gold, Germany Around 1890

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Antique Brooch With Opal And Diamond Roses In Red Gold, Germany Around 1890

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This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!

Are you familiar with the term horror vacui - the fear of emptiness? The art critic Mario Praz coined it when he described the late 19th century's penchant for excessive ornamentation. Floral patterns covered the walls and upholstered furniture of Victorian living rooms, and clothes and jewellery could hardly do without multiple colors and decorative details. Hardly any surface was allowed to remain unadorned. From today's perspective - in an age that often tends to cultivate a fear of ornamentation - this antithesis to ubiquitous minimalism can be quite refreshing. This brooch is also characterized by a love of ornamentation. The narrow, elongated shape of the bar brooch is made more complex by fine, openwork ornaments in reddish gold, so that something new can be discovered with every glance. A dazzling opal - a great fashion of the late 19th century - shines in the center, as if floating in fine prongs. Its body is almost transparent, but radiant red, green and blue reflections glide over it as it moves. Two rose diamonds accompany it on either side. Long before precious opals were found in Australia, the famous opal mine in Dubnik in the Kingdom of Hungary was the only source of the vivid gemstones. Hungarian opals are characterized by a particularly beautiful play of colours and high transparency, as we can see here. According to its design and hallmark, the brooch was made in Germany in the late 1880s or early 1890s. It is in very good condition.

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