Stunning Bracelet & Necklace with Natural Gemstones Stones in Silver, c. 1940

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Stunning Bracelet & Necklace with Natural Gemstones Stones in Silver, c. 1940

€ 690.00 ^*

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This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!

Artistically designed silver jewellery featuring colorful—though not necessarily very valuable—gemstones such as quartz, lapis lazuli, or tiger’s eye, often referred to in the past as “semi-precious stones,” became very fashionable c. 1910. Well-known artists such as Josef Hoffmann designed such “gemstone jewelry,” as did the major Pforzheim factories, such as Theodor Fahrner. This artistic jewelry did not rely on the preciousness of the gemstones used, but rather focused primarily on the beauty of the materials themselves. Accordingly, the stones were usually set in silver rather than gold. In this way, this jewellery met the Art Nouveau demand for democratic art—since it was affordable to a broad range of buyers. With the shift in taste from Art Nouveau to Art Deco, gemstone jewelry initially disappeared, and new, modern materials such as Bakelite took its place. In the 1930s, however, it experienced a new renaissance. Perhaps due in part to the economic constraints of the time, we now once again encounter colorful designs, such as this set, crafted from silver and set with colorful gemstones. A trend, incidentally, that persisted well into the 1950s. This set, consisting of a bracelet and a necklace, is composed of large, oval shapes, each featuring a gemstone that sits atop saw-cut, dynamic forms, resembling comets or colorful flowers. The surface of the silver is partly polished and partly matte, and overall, the craftsmanship of the pieces is quite elaborate and done by hand: these are clearly one-of-a-kind pieces by a master goldsmith, not mass-produced items. It is no coincidence that both pieces are also marked with a maker's mark, the shape of which is reminiscent of an old German stonemason’s mark. We discovered the set in Saxony.

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€ 690.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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