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Free USA ShippingAn unusual Art NouveauA movement within the arts, particularly jewellery, evolving out of a response to mass production and the industrial revolution (1890-1915). Jewellery of this period was heavily influenced by nature and femininity, with its sweeping lines and organic motifs. More 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) More gold brooch that can also be worn as a pendant. It has a brooch fitting and a hinged loop for a chain. It was made circa 1895-1910 and is a highly detailed piece of jewellery. It is a botanical motif which was a popular subject in the Art Nouveau era as plant forms were celebrated. The flower spray has been enamelled in pink and green. Around it is Plique-a-Jour EnamelA pigmented glass-like material used in powdered form and fused onto the metal surface of a piece of jewellery. More. Plique-à-jourA French term that translates (as nearly as can be determined) to “letting in the daylight” and defines a type of transparent enamel that has no backing. Similar to a stained glass window, the design has a metal outline filled with various coloured transparent, glass-like enamels.
First discovered in the 15th century by Benvenuto Cellini, plique... More enamelling was used by the skilled craftsmanship of great Art Nouveau jewellers and artists such as Rene Lalique, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Peter Carl Faberge. This type of enamelling is considered to be a technical “tour de force”. It is the most beautiful and most difficult of enamelling techniques. Plique-à-jour, (which loosely translates as “light of day”), is sometimes referred to as “backless cloisonné” because of the appearance of the fine gold filigreeA means of decoration, achieved by soldering very fine gold or silver wires into intricate patterns. Historically, filigree was created by applying the wires to an underlying base. As the craft evolved, the base was abandoned and the result was a lighter, airier, lacy, openwork jewelry item. The latter style was especially popular during the nineteenth centu... More wire “veins” running through areas of transparent and translucent glass (vitreous) enamel.
The whole is framed in 18ct gold with five old mine cutAn 18th, 19th and early 20th century diamond shape, typically cushion or asymmetrical, marked by a small table, a high crown and a large culet. Culets are the small flat facets at the bottom of a stone which appear to the untrained eye as a hole in the middle of the stone. Before the advent of modern machinery which allows for the precise faceting we see tod... More diamonds above and a pear shaped natural pearlA pearl-bearing mollusc that has not been tampered with by man to produce a cultivated pearl will produce a 'natural pearl'. More drop.
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