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Luxurious Diamond Pendant in Platinum, Wilhelm Müller, circa 1950

€ 4,980.00 ^*

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Luxurious Diamond Pendant in Platinum, Wilhelm Müller, circa 1950

Description

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

Anyone opening a jeweller's catalog in the 1950s would not only find asymmetrical ribbon brooches and heavy gold chains - but also cool, elegant, geometric Art Déco designs as they were worn before the war. For a number of years, pieces of jewellery that were stylistically indebted to Art Déco remained part of German jewellers' offerings - especially in the high-price segment, which was perhaps intended to lend a timeless touch that was less indebted to current fashion. Today, over 70 years later, when such a piece of jewellery comes into our hands, it often only reveals its later creation under the magnifying glass, through details. This is also the case with this precious pendant. This elegant piece is reminiscent of designs that were worn around 1930. It is made entirely from platinum and sparkles in the light of around 2.48 ct of diamonds, which are set against subtle dark contrasts by hand-cut shadow gaps. The half-carat diamond in the center of the design is transitional cut; the stone may have been cut as early as the 1930s. However, most of the smaller diamonds are already modern full-cut diamonds, which began their triumphal march around the middle of the century. In addition, millegrains on the diamond settings were dispensed with, resulting in a more compact, smoother aesthetic, as was preferred in the 1950s. The piece was created for the jeweller Wilhelm Müller, a company which already then had a long history. Founded in 1847, the flagship store, known as the "Juwelpalais", opened in Gertraudenstraße not far from Berlin's Potsdamer Platz shortly before the turn of the century. After the Second World War, the company moved to Schwäbisch Gmünd, which had long been a center of the German jewellery industry.

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In the immediate post-war period, pieces of jewelry were often created that continued the style of the decades before the wars. In Central Europe in particular, the wars and the associated shortage of materials had not given many goldsmiths the time and space to develop new fashions in quick succession. Evening jewellery in particular, which has always been more precious than daytime jewellery, was given a timeless touch that made it wearable for generations to come.

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€ 4,980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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