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Conversion Pendant in the Colours of the Suffragette Movement, ca. 1910 & later

€ 1,490.00 ^*

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Conversion Pendant in the Colours of the Suffragette Movement, ca. 1910 & later

Description

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

The pendant here takes us on a journey into the past. Forged from gold, it presents a large amethyst from Brazil in a wreath of shimmering white pearls. A brightly glowing, grass-green peridot is movably set at the bottom of the design. Thus, the pendant glows in symbolic colors: Green, White and Violet - the colors of the Suffragette movement! The history of equal rights for men and women is a history of hard struggles. Until today, progress has always been made only in small steps, which often had to be laboriously wrested from the mostly conservative side of men. A particularly turbulent period of this struggle was the early 20th century, when women took to the streets in large numbers, especially in Great Britain and the USA, but later also in Germany, to fight for the right to vote. In Great Britain, the fighting women were called suffragettes, from the French suffrage = choice. They protested and did not shy away from physical acts and hunger strikes, frustrated by the immobility of male-dominated politics. The longer the movement was active and more visible, the more women supporters publicly declared their support. A true fashion was born. Then, in 1908, colors were officially established to symbolize the women's movement: Green, white and purple were to signify hope, purity and dignity. At the same time, the initial letters could also be understood as a statement: Green White Violet - Give Women Vote! The pendant presented here was created in recent years from fragments of antique jewelry, which date to the years of the suffragette movement. The center was a part of a brooch, which was probably made in 1910. A peridot in an old setting is set on it at the bottom. The colored stones were probably renewed in more recent times, and on this occasion the bail of high-carat gold was added. We discovered the converted piece of jewellery as it is in London. Apparently, an admirer of the great women of the turn of the century had it made in their memory. A nice idea: because the battles are far from over.

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€ 1,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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