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Extravagant Art Deco Silver Pendant with Synthetic Spinel & Onyx, c. 1935


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Extravagant Art Deco Silver Pendant with Synthetic Spinel & Onyx, c. 1935
Extravagant Art Deco Silver Pendant with Synthetic Spinel & Onyx, c. 1935
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"Today's synthetic stones are technological masterpieces that can often only be distinguished from real stones after a painstaking examination, even by experts. Spinels in the color of aquamarine, with their enchanting clarity and transparency, are particularly popular among these artistic creations. Set in real silver, they arouse undivided admiration!" (From a jewellery catalog from 1939) Spinels in the color of aquamarines were all the rage in the first decades of the 20th century, as they could be produced in the laboratory. This meant that even ladies on a tight budget could suddenly afford beautiful gemstones that looked almost exactly like the precious aquamarines from faraway Brazil. This extravagant pendant is also an example from the period in which the advertising text quoted above was written and it shows such an aquamarine spinel. The large spinel is set in a finely crafted silver setting with milgrains and geometric ornaments that reflect the stylistic features of Art Deco and the surface is structured with cross-shaped shadow gaps. At the corners of the polished pendant, four onyxes create dramatic effects in deep black. The pendant came to us here in Berlin. Very similar pieces can be found again and again in old sales catalogs from the 1930s, making this pendant not least a piece of German jewelry history. It can be worn immediately around the neck with a modern silver chain
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Extravagant Art Deco Silver Pendant with Synthetic Spinel & Onyx, c. 1935
The Latest Craze
€ 369.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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