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Fine Antique Brooch With Natural Pearl & Diamonds, Circa 1880


€ 1,890.00 *
Content 1 piece
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Fine Antique Brooch With Natural Pearl & Diamonds, Circa 1880
Fine Antique Brooch With Natural Pearl & Diamonds, Circa 1880
Description
This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!
This brooch is designed in a small format - but is so richly decorated that it is a delight to take a closer look. A pearl occupies the center of the design. It is a natural pearl, the most precious treasure of the sea. The pearl is warm white and perfectly round, its surface is flat, with only a few growth marks interrupting the smooth surface and enlivening its lustre. The pearl is surrounded by a ring of diamonds. These are warm white diamonds in old cuts, the so-called "old mine cut", a forerunner of today's brilliant cut. They form a flower together with the pearl. Further, smaller diamonds follow to the left and right. They set a straight bar that ends in a trefoil at the sides. Two smooth, narrower bars follow it at the top and bottom. The design is clear, richly decorated, but not capricious or wild, but calm and it follows a reliable, clear internal structure. These features reminded contemporaries of Renaissance art, which was the favorite style of the bourgeoisie in the late 19th century as a counter-design to the art of the court, the Rococo. In the 19th century, a brooch such as the piece presented here, which is in first-class condition, could thus become an eloquent message of longing for civic participation in the German Empire - it was not for nothing that the Reichstag in Berlin was built in Renaissance style! Today, the brooch still seduces us into a glorious past and a fascinating world en detail, full of mastery and love in its design.
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Fine Antique Brooch With Natural Pearl & Diamonds, Circa 1880
Small But Precious
€ 1,890.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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