New York, New York

Antique Aquamarine & Diamond Platinum Pendant/Brooch, Marcus & Co, New York c. 1925

€ 7,290.00 ^*

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Antique Aquamarine & Diamond Platinum Pendant/Brooch, Marcus & Co, New York c. 1925

Description

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

Cool elegance - this seems to have been the buzzword of Art Deco jewelry designers if you take a look at the catalogs and fashion magazines of the time. Cool and crystalline, in the white light of platinum and diamonds, often in geometrically elongated shapes reminiscent of icicles or snow crystals: this is how the pendants, brooches and earrings of the era are known. This piece of jewelry speaks exactly the same language. An ice-blue aquamarine shines at its center. The gemstone is oval faceted and reflects the light in multiple ways. A filigree, geometric setting made of the most delicate platinum bars makes it appear to float in the middle of the elongated design. Forty diamonds weighing a total of around 1.78 carats set cool highlights on the white platinum. What is particularly beautiful is that the piece of jewelry can be worn both as a brooch and as a pendant. To do this, the brooch can be unscrewed and a pendant loop can be hooked into an eyelet permanently attached to the pendant. Unfortunately, the loop was no longer present when the pendant arrived. Our goldsmiths have therefore added a loop in the style of the platinum and diamond piece. The hallmark reveals that the wonderfully preserved piece of jewelry was created in the goldsmith's shop of Marcus & Co. in New York. The company was founded in 1898 by the German emigrant Hermann Markus and is famous for its Art Nouveau and Art Deco designs. Until 1962, the company was located at number 857 on Broadway. Stylistically, we place this piece of jewelry in the years around 1925, when the metropolis on the Hudson was the undisputed center of Art Déco and world-famous skyscrapers such as the Chrysler and the Empire State Building were built.

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The ability of aquamarine to glow in the light of electricity is mentioned several times in the literature of the time: "Aquamarine and other bright varieties of beryl are stones which lose none of their brilliance at night," wrote Arthur Herbert Church in 1913, and "All beryls are very brilliant in artificial light and therefore desirable stones for the evening," added Helen Bartlett Bridgman in 1915. The quotes translated from Arthur Herbert Church: Precious stones considered in their scientific and artistic relations. A guide to the Townshend collection, London 1913 and Helen Bartlett Bridgman: Gems, New York 1915.

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New York, New York

€ 7,290.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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