Antique Locket Gold Brooch with Blue Guilloché Enamel & Pearl, c. 1910

Golden and Blue

Antique Locket Gold Brooch with Blue Guilloché Enamel & Pearl, c. 1910

€ 690.00 ^*

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Description

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

A quatrefoil of filigree gold wires and fine beads unfolds like bobbin lace. A small pearl shimmers in its center. The artfully crafted elements lie on a base of translucent blue enamel over a guilloché ground. An equally finely designed frame surrounds the round center field. On the back of the delicate piece of jewellery is a glazed compartment for holding small photographs. The design of the brooch is an exemplary reflection of the refined and sophisticated aesthetics of the early 20th century. During this period, the use of heavy materials was increasingly dispensed with; instead, the preciousness of a piece of jewellery was to be expressed in the artistic design and virtuoso execution of the goldsmith's work. Colored enamel surfaces were used to achieve a light, almost ethereal effect. The technique of creating even and flawless enamel surfaces over guilloché gold was particularly challenging - a difficulty that contemporaries were well aware of and which further increased the value of such works. Around 1910, pieces of jewellery in which abstract geometric shapes were filled with fine filigree work became fashionable in Germany. The extensive use of filigree had previously been widespread, especially in traditional costume jewelry. However, the new designs deliberately sought to break away from this. Contemporary observers emphasized that these forms were "applied in a new sense, with a peculiar, fresh feeling", so that one could no longer speak of an actual reference to peasant jewellery. Rather, the necessary manual work, which is indispensable in the production of filigree, was understood as a conscious artistic principle: in the spirit of modern art, craftsmanship and the idea were to be placed above mere material preciousness. This aspiration is also reflected in the proximity to the artistic avant-garde of the time. The abstract sweeps of the golden filigree are reminiscent in their ornamentation of the decorative backgrounds that Gustav Klimt developed almost simultaneously in his famous "golden phase". The characteristic design suggests that the brooch was created in Germany. We discovered the piece here in Berlin, where similar, delicate jewelry creations were once particularly appreciated.

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Golden and Blue

€ 690.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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