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Unusual Bangle With Pink Tourmalines By Helmut Von Kleist, Worpswede Around 1980

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Unusual Bangle With Pink Tourmalines By Helmut Von Kleist, Worpswede Around 1980

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The town of Worpswede, not far from Bremen, has long been known for its artists' colony. The artist-goldsmith of the present bangle, Helmut von Kleist (*1943), also has his studio there. Here now von Kleist processed two slices of natural pink tourmaline in an imaginative way to a bracelet that bears his signature. Heinrich von Kleist presents two slices of a tourmalin crystal in the center of the bracelet forged from silver and arranges them in mirror symmetry. Since the gemstones are transparent, the artist uses the translucent silver of the base to make visible a pretty design element in the form of hallmarked flowers. The tourmalines appear like rosy discs, revealing a glimpse into an enchanted world. Two white cultured pearls are also mirror-symmetrically set on the showpiece. The sculptural-looking setting of silver spiral tendrils, which can be hooked into the wide hoop and thus deliberately presented as an aesthetic component of the jewellery. This type of setting, as well as the floral engraving of the silver hoop, are typical of Helmut von Kleist's jewellery designs, which the artist himself calls "Kleist jewellery". In its powerful appearance, the bangle is a fine example of the artist's jewellery from Worpswede and looks like a sculpture that can be worn on the wrist. It was probably created in the years around 1980.

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Tourmaline is a gemstone that is able to captivate almost all gemstone lovers with its diverse play of colors. From blue to yellow, pink and green, almost all colors occur. Its wonderful radiance makes tourmaline one of the most highly valued gemstones since ancient times. The name tourmaline comes from the Sinhalese word thuramali ("තුරමලි") or thoramalli ("තෝරමල්ලි"), which was commonly used for colorful gemstones found in Sri Lanka. The name was first recorded in writing for Europe in 1707, or in 1711 under the name Chrysolithus Turmale. Larger quantities have been exported from Sri Lanka to Europe only since the middle of the 18th century. At that time the Dutch East India Company had practically a trade monopoly for tourmalines.

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€ 790.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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