Filigree Pendant in the Colours of the Suffragettes, c. 1910 & Later

Pride and Anger

Filigree Pendant in the Colours of the Suffragettes, c. 1910 & Later

€ 1,890.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Description

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When the suffragettes fought for more rights for women in the early years of the 20th century, a certain color scheme was soon established to identify them: green, white and purple. One of the leading figures of the women's movement, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, suggested this for symbolic reasons. She wrote in 1908: "Purple, as everyone knows, is a royal color. It stands for the royal blood that runs in the veins of every suffragette, for the instinct of freedom and dignity; white stands for purity in private and public life; green is the color of hope and spring." Only a little later, in 1910, the Union Labor Advocate - the magazine of the National Women's Trade Union League - announced that the colours should also be understood as acronyms. If you take the first letters of the colors green, white and purple, they could also stand for "Give Women Vote" - what the suffragettes were fighting for. This also contributed to the popularization of the colour. Women wore ribbons in these colours, clothing or sashes, as well as precious jewellery, as a sign of recognition. British jewelry companies such as Child & Child, Mappin & Webb, but also the famous department store Liberty sold various pieces of jewellery in the suffragettes' colours in the early years of the 20th century. This pendant features white diamonds, a purple amethyst and a green peridot - exactly the colors that were considered the colors of the suffragettes at the time the pendant was created. The airy, openwork composition is covered in light platinum and shows the typical design language of the early years of the 20th century. It is very likely that the peridot and its setting were not always part of the pendant, as the color of the gold alloy is slightly different from that of the pendant. Originally, a pearl or a second amethyst may have been attached here. The link to the history of the suffragettes was therefore only established at a later date. Nevertheless, as a tribute to this important time, we liked it very much. We discovered the pendant in London and added a delicate platinum anchor chain.

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€ 1,890.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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