Swedish Naturalism

Large Gold Brooch by Ernst Gustav Markström, Uppsala, dated 1858


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Large Gold Brooch by Ernst Gustav Markström, Uppsala, dated 1858
Large Gold Brooch by Ernst Gustav Markström, Uppsala, dated 1858
Description
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Few countries have such extensive hallmarking requirements for jewellery as Sweden: Here, precious metals are not only required to have a fineness mark, but also a mark for the goldsmith, the exact year and the city in which the piece was assayed. Thus we know that this 18-karat gold brooch was marked as meeting the quality requirements in the city of Uppsala in 1858, after it had been made by the goldsmith Ernst Gustav Markström. We are therefore in the middle of the 19th century, and the design of this piece corresponds exactly to the fashion of its time. The large brooch is a three-dimensional interlacing of branches and a textile ribbon decorated with floral patterns. A large leaf is applied in three-dimensional form. In this way, we see a proximity to the realism of the time, which incorporated plants and everyday objects into the design vocabulary of jewellery. The surface of the band is finely engraved by hand and structured in such a way that it appears satin-finished to the naked eye. The work in warmly glowing yellow gold is in very good condition and came to us in the Rhineland. Rarely have such pieces of jewellery survived the passage of time without being melted down - a fact that makes this one all the more precious.
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Large Gold Brooch by Ernst Gustav Markström, Uppsala, dated 1858
Swedish Naturalism
€ 1,290.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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