Sea Pictures

Delicate Pendant Brooch with Aquamarines & Seed Beads in Gold, England, c. 1905


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Delicate Pendant Brooch with Aquamarines & Seed Beads in Gold, England, c. 1905
Delicate Pendant Brooch with Aquamarines & Seed Beads in Gold, England, c. 1905
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On October 5, 1899, Clara Butt sang the premiere of Sea Pictures by Edgar Elgar, the great English composer. She was dressed as a mermaid for the occasion, as Elgar’s song cycle deals with the sea and its mystical inhabitants. The audience was so captivated by Elgar’s music and Butt’s performance that, shortly thereafter, she was invited by Queen Victoria to sing once again as a mermaid at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, accompanied by Elgar on the piano... The whisper of the sea seems to have been captured in this pendant brooch, which was created a few years later, when Elgar’s “Sea Slumber Song” became a catchy tune for English society. A sea-blue aquamarine sits at the center of the piece, surrounded by delicate seed pearls set on slender, curved gold bands. Another aquamarine hangs from the piece like a pendant. According to the hallmark, the piece of jewellery is the work of S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd. of Birmingham. Why not give it a try and wear this piece of jewellery with its maritime theme while listening to Elgar’s Sea Pictures—perhaps you’ll be just as enchanted as Queen Victoria once was?
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From time immemorial, British society, fashion, taste, and commerce have been oriented toward the sea. For centuries, the British fleet has sailed the seas, built a global empire, and brought immeasurable treasures from all over the world back home to the British Isles. And this reality also influenced British artistic creation.
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Delicate Pendant Brooch with Aquamarines & Seed Beads in Gold, England, c. 1905
Sea Pictures
€ 1,190.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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