Mystery Garden
Mystery Garden
Pendant/Brooch, Art Nouveau, around 1900
CHF 9.700,00 (Incl. VAT)
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Mystery Garden
Pendant/Brooch, Art Nouveau, around 1900
CHF 9.700,00 (Incl. VAT)
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MATERIAL
In 18K (750) yellow gold, floral design with polychrome plique-à-jour enamel on the leaves, green enamel in the indentations, blossom set with one diamond, pistil set with 3 small rose-cut diamonds, completed with a ruby and a small hanging diamond and a likely natural orient pearl, brooch element with screw is demountable, new anchor chain can be detached via spring ring fasteners, 1.2 mm in diameter with one round brilliant diamond weighing 0.035 carats, handmade
MARK
3 stamps on the brooch element
SIZE AND WEIGHT
Length 40 cm, weight including chain 14.9 g
CONDITION
Very good
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Accompanied by a Lohri certificate
Reference-Number
FAC115
Art Nouveau
(1880 to 1910)
Immortalizing mortality
Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) was an attempt to respond to the human desire for beauty and security in times of soulless mechanization. Even though this era only existed for a brief moment, it had a lasting impact on the world of jewellery. Soft colours and flowing, organic designs such as blossoms, leaves, insects and beetles define the Art Nouveau pieces. The transience of life is captured by depicting, for instance, the sprouting, blossoming and withering of plants. The phantom and mythological worlds are also portrayed, leaving the beholder of these pieces with a melancholic feeling about the transience of earthly things.