Romantic Locket Pendant in Gold with Diamonds, c. 1900

Saint Elizabeth

Romantic Locket Pendant in Gold with Diamonds, c. 1900

€ 1,390.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Description

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In the years around 1900, a new kind of piece of jewellery appeared that had never existed before: rather flat lockets made of warm, luminous gold, suitable for the then new photography, were decorated on their front with elegant, monochrome reliefs. They show ladies in profile, beautiful young women, saints, Jean d'Arc, the Virgin Mary, but also Napoleon or Vercingetorix. Most of these lockets originate from France, but they can also be found in Germany, Spain and Italy. This is a fine example of this fashion: The locket made of high-carat gold shows a young lady in profile facing right. She wears a crown set with diamonds. A slider covers her hair, fading into a flat relief towards the edge. Her features are beautiful and serious. A rose blossoms to her right and left, each set with another rose cut diamond. An inscription above her tells us who is depicted here: "St. Elisabeth" (see: "Find out more"). The depiction combines the Catholic veneration of saints with the celebration of beauty and is therefore very typical of the time. Especially in France, where the Art Nouveau style was called "Art Nouveau", designers celebrated beauty, especially the beauty of women, in countless pieces of jewellery. Their soft forms and free-flowing hair were symbols of youth and life. The beauty of nature - especially plants - also played an equally important role in the work of Art Nouveau artists. All of these interests are also reflected here. The pendant can be slid open and has space for two photographs inside. The hallmarks on the loop suggest that the pendant was made in Germany, which shows how little taste differed on either side of the Rhine at the time.

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St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, a Hungarian princess of the 13th century, is particularly known for her great charity. She devotedly cared for the poor and sick and often secretly gave away bread from the castle to the needy. According to legend, she was surprised by her husband when she was carrying food under her cloak. When asked what she had with her, she opened her robe - and instead of bread, roses miraculously appeared. This so-called rose miracle is considered a sign of her piety and selfless actions and made her one of the most famous saints of the Middle Ages.

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Saint Elizabeth

€ 1,390.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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