Snow White and Rose Red

Elegant Bar Brooch with Burma Rubies, Diamonds & Enamel, circa 1910

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Elegant Bar Brooch with Burma Rubies, Diamonds & Enamel, circa 1910

Description

This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!

It is hardly part of the repertoire of modern goldsmiths and jewelers - at the beginning of the 20th century, however, the bar brooch was one of the most popular pieces of jewelry! Gold and pearl or colored gemstones for the daytime and high-quality diamond pins for the evening were to be found in the jewelry box of every distinguished lady. The brooch presented here is unusually large with a length of 11.4 cm. In the simple shape formed by a gold frame are set three white enameled rectangles, in each of which sparkles an old-cut diamond. In between, two red, untreated rubies from Burma shine. Diamond-set double leaves betray the neoclassical taste that dominated the world of jeweled jewelry at the time. Because of the leaf garlands, this is also known as the "Garland Style". Needles of this length were often used to hold, pinned to the corsage, long sautoirs in place. In 1909, one also read in a German trade periodical: "Long jewellery pins used to fasten empire skirts and wide girdle bands show, for example, a line-fine bar of white enamel, the end of which is formed on one side by a large oval amethyst or ruby, framed by very narrow gold edging and on the outermost edge by a white enamel rim". (H. Hn.: Viennese Jewellery Fashions. In: Journal der Goldschmiedekunst, Vol. 30, No. 27, 1909, p. 225.) Even today, the pin invites versatile, creative use, for example, on the lapel, on the tie or on the scarf. It is very well preserved. We were able to discover it in Berlin and according to its design language it was probably made in Germany.

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€ 2,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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