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Unusual Silver Brooch in the Shape of a Dog's Head with Pearls, c. 1880


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Unusual Silver Brooch in the Shape of a Dog's Head with Pearls, c. 1880
Unusual Silver Brooch in the Shape of a Dog's Head with Pearls, c. 1880
Description
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From the 1860s onwards, so-called "novelty" jewellery in unusual, witty shapes enjoyed great popularity throughout Europe. As early as December 1865, for example, the German ladies' journal Der Bazar wrote: "We encounter the much-loved animal heads as brooches and cloth pins". Paul Robin, for example, had great success in Paris from the 1870s with his design for a brooch in the shape of an owl's head, which was imitated many times. Jewelry in the shape of dog and cat heads also enjoyed great popularity. One such "much-loved animal head" is this dog, which fixes us with a penetrating gaze from moonstone eyes and sticks out a fine tongue textured by hallmarking. He wears a luxurious necklace made of red glass and a pearl around his neck. We have had this swinging pearl and the moonstone eyes, which seem to follow the viewer as they glide across the surface, added to replace missing stones and thus lovingly restore the dog brooch. There is a pin on the back of this unusual piece so that the dog can be worn as a brooch. Source: Quote from The Bazaar, December 8, 1865, p. 403.
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Unusual Silver Brooch in the Shape of a Dog's Head with Pearls, c. 1880
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€ 590.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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