Rare Early Victorian Gold & Paste Demi-Parure, Germany c. 1850

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Rare Early Victorian Gold & Paste Demi-Parure, Germany c. 1850

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The catalog of the London World's Fair of 1851 devoted three entire pages to the jewelry products of German jewelers - because the designs brought a new sense of form to the world of jewellery. They showed bracelets, brooches and earrings with unusual naturalistic designs in the form of twisting branches and leaves (see our illustration from the "Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue" of the Great Exhibition 1851, vol. III, plate 153). This style of jewelry, which was presented to the world in London, was widespread throughout Germany - or the area we know today as Germany, as the German states were not yet united at the time. Rather, their world was in a state of political upheaval, and advancing industrialization did the rest. In contrast to the unsteady social and political life, people turned to nature with enthusiasm: a new naturalism shaped the art of jewelry, painting and literature. At the same time, the bourgeoisie became financially stronger and could now acquire selected pieces of jewellery in line with the new fashion. The demi-parure was a must, as it was suitable for almost any occasion. This demi-parure is a typical example of naturalistic, bourgeois jewellery from the mid-century. It is a set of brooch and earrings that has rarely survived in its original case. Richly textured, intertwined gold branches form the basic shape of the designs. Each piece is adorned with a flower composed of green glass stones and imitation pearls. The use of colored glass as a substitute for real gemstones was widespread in the Biedermeier period, as it was in the Rococo period, because the main aim was to create a magnificent, colorful impression. Similar designs for German demi-parures from around 1850 are illustrated in Brigitte Marquardt: Schm Schmuck. Realism and Historicism 1850-1895, Munich 1998, p. 62.

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