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Antique Necklace with Turquoises & Pearls in Gold, Germany, 1840s

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Antique Necklace with Turquoises & Pearls in Gold, Germany, 1840s

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Magnificent, sculptural pieces of jewelry made of gold conquered the hearts of the ladies around 1840. From the small pieces of jewelry made of gold filigree that had been worn from 1820, fashion developed into voluminous drifting pieces. The hardships of the Napoleonic wars were over - with the early industrialization came the time of bourgeois prosperity. Precious jewellery was no longer worn only at court. Motifs for Biedermeier jewelry were found especially in the world of plants and the Baroque and Rococo eras, as a distinction from the classicism of the Napoleonic period. The present necklace of the years around 1840 also shows this characteristic formal language. It consists of a series of decoratively embossed links, which carry a large pendant in the center. The pendant is decorated with a thistle flower made of turquoise and pearls. Wonderfully, their colors complement the warm tone of the gold. Jewellery with turquoise first became fashionable in Great Britain from about 1830, and then in continental Europe. The stone was believed to have all sorts of positive powers that would protect its wearer from harm, and was also considered an expression of true love. Since their symbolic color is also reminiscent of the flowers of forget-me-not, they were often given as gifts and were thus intended to always remind the wearer of the bearer. The workmanship of chased gold, the so-called "foam gold" and the use of the turquoise makes the necklace a typical child of its time, as do the two decorative pendulums below the central pendant. Necklaces like this one were among the popular designs of the German Biedermeier period and were made in different variations. For dating, cf. the information in Brigitte Marquardt: Jewellery. Klassizismus und Biedermeier, 1780-1850, Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, München 1983, p. 172 (see also our illustration). As a typical and exceptionally beautiful example, the necklace embodies the sense of form of the mid-19th century.

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€ 2,290.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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