Whispers of the Seas

Delicate Gold Pendant with Natural Pearls & Aqamarine, England c. 1905


€ 1,190.00 *
Content 1 piece
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Delicate Gold Pendant with Natural Pearls & Aqamarine, England c. 1905
Delicate Gold Pendant with Natural Pearls & Aqamarine, England c. 1905
Description
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Britain's society, fashion, taste and trade have always been focused on the sea. The British fleet has criss-crossed the seas for centuries, creating a global empire and bringing immeasurable treasures home to the British Isles from all over the world. And this also influenced British artistic creation - even music! On October 5, 1899, Clara Butt sang the premiere of Sea Pictures by Edward Elgar, the great English composer. She was dressed as a mermaid, as Elgar's song cycle deals with the sea and its mystical inhabitants. The audience was so enraptured by Elgar's music and Butt's performance that she was invited by Queen Victoria a short time later to sing again at Balmoral Castle in Scotland - as a mermaid, accompanied by Elgar on the piano. The whisper of the sea seems to have been captured in this pendant, which was written at the time when Elgar's Sea Slumber Song became a catchy tune in English society. A seawater-blue aquamarine is suspended in the piece as a moving drop. A fine frame with shimmering natural pearls and silky, shiny pearl leaves reveals the influence of the "Garland style". We have fitted the pendant, which came to us in the south of England, with a new gold chain so that it can be worn immediately. Take a chance and wear this piece of jewellery with its seaside theme while listening to Elgar's Sea Pictures - perhaps you will be as enchanted as Queen Victoria once was?
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Delicate Gold Pendant with Natural Pearls & Aqamarine, England c. 1905
Whispers of the Seas
€ 1,190.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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