Large antique brooch with moss agate in silver, c. 1910

The spectacle of nature

Large antique brooch with moss agate in silver, c. 1910

€ 169.00 ^*

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Agates have been collected for thousands of years as small natural works of art. Even in ancient Egypt, they were used to carve scarabs, and the stone was given its current name a few centuries later by Aristotle's student Theophrastus of Eresos after one of the places where it was found, the River Achates. What is fascinating about agate are the color gradients in the stone, its inclusions reminiscent of landscapes and water currents, which also secured it a permanent place in the cabinets of curiosities of the early modern era. How fitting, then, that such a stone is central to this brooch: For it was created in the years c. 1910, when artists and designers were searching for new forms of expression. They found new forms in nature, and materials were appreciated for their aesthetic value, not primarily for their monetary value. In our brooch, for example, the moss agate is of exquisite beauty, making the creative power of nature the main theme of the piece of jewellery. Dark green, fibrous inclusions can be found here on a milky background - just as if you were looking at a pond with aquatic plants from above. An elaborate silver frame frames the stone and its closed mirror setting. The floral curves and fruit arrangements are still entirely in the formal language of historicism. In combination with the unusual stone, however, something completely new is created that leaves the world of the 19th century behind. This unusual piece of jewellery came to us here in Berlin.

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The spectacle of nature

€ 169.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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