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Antique Amethyst Pendant in Yellow Gold, c. 1910

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Antique Amethyst Pendant in Yellow Gold, c. 1910

Description

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

Towards the end of the first decade of the 20th century, pieces of jewellery - especially necklaces - came into fashion in Germany that filled abstract geometric elements with mostly gold-plated silver filigree. The full-surface use of filigree had previously been found in jewellery history, particularly in traditional costume jewellery. However, the new creations wanted to set themselves apart from this, because ‘they are applied here in a new sense, with a peculiar, fresh feeling, so that one can no longer speak of borrowing from peasant jewellery in the true sense of the word.’ Rather, the necessity of manual labour - because this is indispensable in the production of filigree - was understood as an element that, in the sense of an innovation in art, placed craftsmanship and the idea above material preciousness. Although this pendant is made of gold and adorned in the centre with a pendulum-suspended amethyst, its greatest value was already derived from its originality and elegant design language around 1910. The design utilises these design elements for a typical design of the so-called Garland style: we see a double wreath around the amethyst, over which a graceful loop leads to the large loop. The necklace, which we were able to purchase together with the pendant, bears the hallmarks of the Berlin jeweller Wilhelm Müller, who was extremely successful in the late German Empire. The lightness of the chain is a wonderful match for the pendant. The quote from: Deutsche Goldschmiede-Zeitschrift XIII (1910), No. 13, p. 125.

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€ 790.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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