Rare Georgian Micro-Carving and Paste Pendant, c. 1790

Hope Nourishes Love

Rare Georgian Micro-Carving and Paste Pendant, c. 1790

€ 2,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Description

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A woman in a light robe sits by the seashore under a palm tree. In the distance, a ship is heading for the coast. She leans against an anchor, the symbol of hope, and suckles Eros, the winged god of love and son of Venus. Underneath we read: "L'ESPERANCE NOURIT L'AMOUR", "Hope nourishes love", a motto that can be traced from the last third of the 18th century (see Le grand vocabulaire françois, Paris 1771, p. 343). Until the beginning of the 19th century, we find it as the motif of numerous neo-classical artworks: for example on KPM porcelain, Ormolu clocks or marble sculptures. Here, the detailed scene is artfully carved, sometimes so delicately that the background shimmers through. The latter consists of embossed, royal blue foil, which is mounted behind it as a sky. The small work of art is surrounded by a frame of faceted rhinestones in the old octagonal cut, set à jour in silver. The carving is set as a pendant: a pendant of the extraordinary size worn in the neo-classical time, usually with painted portraits of loved ones. At the same time, there was a fashion for so-called micro-carvings against a blue background, which were often also set as jewellery. The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna has several artistic examples, see for example here. For pendants of this shape and size, see for example the following pendants from the Victoria & Albert Museum or the British Museum. We discovered the antique pendant in Munich. As a later sticker on the back and a hallmark on the eyelet show, it also spent some time in France in the 20th century.

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Hope Nourishes Love

€ 2,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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