Souvenir from Naples

Magnificent Long Coral Necklace in Three Rows, Italy, c. 1900


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Magnificent Long Coral Necklace in Three Rows, Italy, c. 1900
Magnificent Long Coral Necklace in Three Rows, Italy, c. 1900
Description
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Every August, the Baroness von Üchtlitz celebrated her birthday at Schlochtin with a summer party. Next to the castle, on the large meadow, stood a small grove of linden trees, “that is where tea was to be served. The meadow and the grove were full of people, full of colorful dresses, colorful ribbons, colorful hats, and amid the green of the grove, in the golden light of the afternoon sun, all those colours took on a gem-like luster.” The two young princesses of Neustatt-Birkenstein arrived in a landau. They wore “blue summer dresses, with coral necklaces around their necks.” In his last major novel, *iFürstinnen* from 1917, Eduard von Keyserling once again brought to life all the splendor and glamour of the nobility in the old empire—yet the end of the familiar order is already glimmering in every ray of sunlight. Here, at the baroness’s summer party, it is perfectly natural to wear coral necklaces. For at the turn of the century, these jewels of the sea were the quintessential summer adornment. This long, three-row necklace is precisely the kind of piece of jewellery the princesses of Neustatt-Birkenstein might have worn. It was crafted in Italy c. 1900 and features vibrant salmon-red corals arranged in a slight gradient of size. A simple, original clasp made of gold-plated tombac holds the necklace securely in place. The coral necklace came to us from Nuremberg. Quoted from Eduard von Keyserling: Fürstinnen. Novel. Afterword by Jens Malte Fischer, Zurich: Manesse 2017, pp. 62–63.
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Magnificent Long Coral Necklace in Three Rows, Italy, c. 1900
Souvenir from Naples
€ 2,390.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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