Elegant Pendant With Peridot & Pearls in Gold, Great Britain Circa 1905

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Elegant Pendant With Peridot & Pearls in Gold, Great Britain Circa 1905

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

"Fine peridots come from Egypt, but until quite recently the largest and finest peridots met with in commerce were obtained from old ecclesiastical and other jewellery. Now one at least of the best of the original sources has been re-discovered in the island of St. John in the Red Sea. And still more recently the islands of Rahamah and Kad-Ali appear likely to prove among the best localities for the peridot." Arthur Herbert Church: Precious Stones: considered in their scientific and artistic relations. A guide to the Townshend collection. Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1913, p. 109. Hardly any other gemstone fascinated the British at the turn of the century as much as the peridot: it was only at the end of the 19th century that new sites were discovered for this legendary gemstone, which had already been mined by the pharaohs. The gemstone even found its way into one of the most famous and scandalous novels of the late Victorian era: in the eleventh chapter of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, in which the eponymous main character devotes himself to the study of particularly beautiful and unusual jewels, he also admires the "pistachio-green peridot". Two of these green gemstones are set in this pendant. And to further emphasize their intense colour, they are surrounded by tendrils and curves of warm, shiny gold and shimmering pearls. The pendant is elongated in the "Garland style", typical of the period, and is crafted by hand with great attention to detail and precision. This gives the two peridots the perfect stage. The pendant was created in Great Britain shortly after 1900. We discovered it in London.

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The pendant is made from the typical British alloy of fifteen carat gold (corresponding to a fineness of 625/000). We encounter this alloy in many Victorian and Edwardian pieces of jewellery, but it was only used until 1932.

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€ 1,690.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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