Antique Paste „Collier Yvetot“ in Silver, Paris, late 19th Century

Saint Esprit

Antique Paste „Collier Yvetot“ in Silver, Paris, late 19th Century

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This necklace from Paris reveals a lot about the fashions of days gone by. It is made of silver that is richly set with faceted rhinestones. A chain of alternating one or seven sparkling white stones carries an elegant bow in the middle, which holds a small dove. The necklace ends in two large eyelets and is worn with a velvet ribbon. This type of necklace, a "Y" with a pendant in the shape of a cross or the dove of the Holy Spirit, the "Saint Esprit", is called the "Yvetot necklace". It is named after a town in Normandy and is modeled on traditional costumes from northern France. Necklaces and brooches with the Saint Esprit were already typical jewellery for the rural population in the 18th century, and the elegant lightness with which the bow is tied is also reminiscent of the jewelry art of the ancien regime In the 19th century, however, these necklaces were almost exclusively made in Paris for fashion-conscious Parisian women. In the late 19th century, it was popular in Paris to wear traditional costume jewelry from rural France (much like Scottish jewellery in Great Britain or the dirndl in Munich). And so, of course, the capital's jewelers also supplied jewellery in traditional costume style - although the appearance of the necklace is certainly influenced by the high jewellery of the Belle Époque. Its cool, elegant, white look also responds to the fashion for diamond jewellery of the time. Hallmarks in several places on the necklace attest to its creation in Paris. It is in very good condition. On the necklace type, see Michael C. W. Fieggen: Traditional French Jewellery, vol. 1. Regional Jewellery, op. cit. 2021, pp. 137f.

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This necklace glows with the fiery light of 110 faceted - diamonds? No, they are glass rhinestones. In English they are called "paste", glass pastes, and are also known by the name of their inventor in 18th century Paris, Georg Friedrich Strass. After an initial fashion in the Rococo period, they were rediscovered in the late 19th century when diamond jewellery became all the rage following the discovery of diamond deposits in South Africa.

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Saint Esprit

€ 1,290.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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