My Dear Swan

Charming Lapel Pin With Diamonds In Gold, Around 2000

€ 1,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Charming Lapel Pin With Diamonds In Gold, Around 2000

Description

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

"Now be thanked, my dear swan! Go back through the wide tide, from whence your barge bore me, Return to our happiness." With these words Lohengrin, the divine hero in Wagner's opera of the same name, steps before the audience for the first time. Drawn by a swan, he comes to the aid of the people of Brabant on a yacht. On a boat, pulled by a swan? The swan has been a symbol of love since ancient times and is often depicted in connection with Cupid or Venus, the goddess of love. The great birds (quite unlike these two notoriously promiscuous gods) enter into lifelong monogamous relationships; they are also said to be able to feel love. Probably for this reason, the legend of the swan knight, a luxurious fighter for the good, has lived for centuries in the Lower Rhine region. Wagner was able to build on this in the conception of his opera. The lapel pin presented here, a fine work of 14-karat gold, was created in the years of the turn of the millennium and pays homage to the motif of the swan. The showpiece features one of the graceful waterfowl set entirely with diamonds. A red ruby forms the animal's eye. The pin found its way to us here in Berlin and is a beautiful piece of jewellery that conjures a cheerful focal point on the lapel to inspire conversation.

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The late 19th century was infatuated with the past. Society was changing, industry had long since transformed the once tranquil towns into large metropolises, and new technologies such as the telegraph were bringing the world closer together. In this situation, citizens yearned for stability and reliability - and looked back to history to find role models for their own times. While fashions and aesthetic preferences had often changed only very slowly in earlier centuries, their transformation now accelerated enormously. The history of jewelry knows as many fashions as generations in the hundred years between 1800 and 1900. At the beginning and end of the century, for example, white jewelry was in demand, richly set with diamonds. In the 1860s and 1870s, bold colors were in demand, preferably large, polished surfaces of yellow gold and intense colored stones.

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My Dear Swan

€ 1,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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