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Graphic Art Nouveau Brooch With Ruby & Emerald In Gold, Circa 1900


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Graphic Art Nouveau Brooch With Ruby & Emerald In Gold, Circa 1900
Graphic Art Nouveau Brooch With Ruby & Emerald In Gold, Circa 1900
Description
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In the years around 1900, people chose their jewellery according to the occasion. First, there was a distinction between daytime jewellery made of gold and pearls or small coloured stones, or evening jewellery with richer diamonds and gemstones. Secondly, the respective clothing conditioned certain pieces of jewellery. For example, for an elegant daytime costume with a high-necked blouse, the present collar brooch would have been recommended, which can still be worn in many ways today. As the name suggests, this type of brooch was originally attached to the center of the collar of a blouse and completed the appearance of its wearer. Worn in this way, we repeatedly encounter brooches of this type in old photographs from the turn of the century. The first wearer of the brooch seems to have been modern-minded, because the piece of jewellery is designed in the then popular Art Nouveau style. The graphically reduced design consists of a round frame in which an elegantly curved branch set. Hanging from it like fruit are a natural ruby and a natural emerald, each accompanied by a small diamond rose. The piece of jewellery is made of gold, which was provided with an additional fine gilding. The brooch in the years around 1900 probably made in Germany. It is very well preserved and found its way to us from Lake Constance.
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Graphic Art Nouveau Brooch With Ruby & Emerald In Gold, Circa 1900
Modern Attitude
€ 690.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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