Medusa

Antique Negligé Necklace with Diamonds and a Blister Pearl, c. 1915


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Antique Negligé Necklace with Diamonds and a Blister Pearl, c. 1915
Antique Negligé Necklace with Diamonds and a Blister Pearl, c. 1915
Description
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A convex, shell-like ornament appears repeatedly in jewellery from the 1910s. As the top section of a négligé necklace, as seen here, the resulting piece of jewellery is reminiscent of a jellyfish—an ethereal, translucent Medusa. The ornament has no name, but it also appears in the architecture of that era: The famous Constanta Casino on the Black Sea, designed in the Art Nouveau style in 1910, features a very similar shell-shaped window in its façade. The beautiful necklace is crafted in platinum on gold, as was customary for the fine jewellery of that era. The precious metal is formed into slender lines, some of which are incredibly delicate. Sparkling diamonds in old-cut styles adorn the lines where they widen, appearing to float like points of light between them. One of the pendants, which are of unequal length, is set with a natural blister pearl, whose soft luster enlivens the cool brilliance of the diamonds. When the necklace came to us, the large diamond on one of the pendants had been replaced with a sapphire. We inserted a diamond from our collection, cut around the same time, to restore the piece to its original condition—so that it shines as white as was fashionable c. 1910. In 1914, the French journal Le Bijou a similar design, but with only a single suspended pendant (see illustration, top left).
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Antique Negligé Necklace with Diamonds and a Blister Pearl, c. 1915
Medusa
€ 1,590.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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