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Beautiful antique brooch with crescent moon & star made of Bohemian garnets, circa 1890


€ 229.00 *
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Beautiful antique brooch with crescent moon & star made of Bohemian garnets, circa 1890
Beautiful antique brooch with crescent moon & star made of Bohemian garnets, circa 1890
Description
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Jewellery with motifs of celestial bodies enjoyed great popularity in the last third of the 19th century. Moons, stars and suns adorned the corsages of elegant dresses and sparkled in the hair of their wearers. One inevitably thinks of the famous portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, which shows the young monarch with numerous diamond stars in her dark hair. The brooch presented here is also very much in this tradition. Its design shows a crescent moon from which a six-pointed star emerges. Both shapes are made from Bohemian garnets set in gold-plated tombac. This gives the pieces of jewellery a warm and romantic aura. The moon and star motif has a multi-layered meaning. It is reminiscent of the ancient goddess of the hunt, Diana, who was often depicted with a crescent moon in her hair. It is also a reference to the Orient of the tales from "1001 Nights", which was perceived as mysterious and exotic in the 19th century. At the same time, the motif simply reflects the taste of its time, before geometric shapes became increasingly fashionable later on. The brooch was created in the last years of the 19th century. We discovered it here in Berlin.
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Beautiful antique brooch with crescent moon & star made of Bohemian garnets, circa 1890
Scheherazade
€ 229.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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