Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist
Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel by Unknown artist

Vintage antique 18K gold Mother Maria and baby Jesus medal with diamonds and plique-a-jour enamel 1920

Unknown artist

€ 1.650

Adin Fine Antique Jewellery

  • About the artwork

    Antique jewelry object group
    pendant

    Condition
    very good condition
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    Country of origin
    unknown

    Style
    Something between Art Deco and Belle Époque - Art Deco is an eclectic artistic and design style which had its origins in Paris in the first decades of the 20th century. The style originated in the 1920s and continued to be employed until after World War II. The term "art deco" first saw wide use after an exhibition in 1966, referring to the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes that was the culmination of high-end style modern in Paris. Led by the best designers in the decorative arts such as fashion, and interior design, Art Deco affected all areas of design throughout the 1920s and 1930s, including architecture and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as painting, the graphic arts and film. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, glamorous, functional and modern. See also: Art Deco.

    And the Belle Époque (French for "Beautiful Era") was a period in European social history that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. Occurring during the time of the French Third Republic and the German Empire, the "Belle Époque" was named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a "golden age" the major powers of Europe, new technologies improved lives and the commercial arts adapted Renaissance and eighteenth-century styles to modern forms. In the newly rich United States, emerging from the Panic of 1873, the comparable epoch was dubbed the Gilded Age. In the United Kingdom, this epoch overlaps the end of what is called the Victorian Era there and the period named the Edwardian Era.
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    Style specifics
    This is something between Belle Époque and Art Deco.
    The Belle Époque (French for "Beautiful Era") was a period in European social history that began during the late 19th century from the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) and lasted until World War I (1914-18).

    Occurring during the time of the French Third Republic and the German Empire, the "Belle Époque" was named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a "golden age" the major powers of Europe, new technologies improved lives and the commercial arts adapted Renaissance and eighteenth-century styles to modern forms.

    In the newly rich United States, emerging from the Panic of 1873, the comparable epoch was dubbed the Gilded Age. In the United Kingdom, this epoch overlaps the end of what is called the Victorian Era there and the period named the Edwardian Era.

    In the Belle Époque cheap coal and cheap labour contributed to the cult of the orchid and made possible the perfection of fruits grown under glass, as the apparatus of state dinners extended to the upper classes; champagne was perfected during the Belle Époque. Exotic feathers and furs were more prominently featured in fashion than ever before, as haute couture was invented in Paris, the centre of the Belle Époque, where fashion began to move in a yearly cycle; in Paris restaurants such as Maxim's achieved a new splendour and cachet as places for the rich to parade, and the Opéra Garnier devoted enormous spaces to staircases as similar show places.

    After mid-century, railways linked all the major cities of Europe to spa towns like Biarritz and Deauville; their carriages were rigorously divided into first-class and second-class, but the super-rich now began to commission private railway coaches, as exclusivity was a hallmark of opulent luxury. Bohemian lifestyles gained a different glamour, pursued in the cabarets of Montmartre.

    Art Deco
    Abstract motives and geometrical forms are quite typical for the Art Deco period. Art Deco moved away from the soft pastels and organic forms of its style predecessor, Art Nouveau, and embraced influences from many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Neoclassical, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, and Futurism. Its popularity peaked in Europe during the Roaring Twenties and continued strongly in the United States through the 1930s. Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative.

    Period
    ca. 1920
    Events & facts of this era, poetry of this era, fashion of this era.

    Source of inspiration
    Christianity

    Theme
    Mother Mary and baby Jesus

    Material
    Two tones of precious metal, the main part being 18K yellow gold and the white parts are either white gold or platinum. (touchstone tested)
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    Technique
    Plique-à-jour, (French for "braid letting in daylight"} is a vitreous enamelling technique where the enamel is applied in cells, similar to cloisonné, but with no backing in the final product, so light can shine through the transparent or translucent enamel. It has a stained-glass like appearance and is considered very challenging technically. (From: Wikipedia)

    Diamonds
    Two senailles. A senaille is a simplified rose cut diamond, a small diamond chip with perhaps a few polished facets. We do not have the weight of these diamonds which is normal in our trade when it comes to senailles.
    All diamonds we offer are screened by the I.J.G.C. for whether they are natural or synthetic, and all diamonds in this jewel are 100% guaranteed to be natural.

    Precious stones
    41 seed pearls

    Birthstones
    Diamond is the birthstone (or month stone) for April and pearl for June.
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    Hallmarks
    Illegible remains.
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    Dimensions
    2,69 cm (1,06 inch) x 1,39 cm (0,55 inch)
    see picture with a ruler in millimeters and inches

    Weight
    1,80 gram (1,16 dwt)

    Adin Reference Nº
    23191-0426

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    Adin, fine antique jewellery

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  • About the artist

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