Flying Darling
Flying Darling
Brooch, Art Nouveau, around 1920
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Flying Darling
Brooch, Art Nouveau, around 1920
CHF 33.000,00 (Incl. VAT)
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Material
Beautiful flying dragonfly in gold (most likely 18K) and platinum, finely structured and engraved wings set with diamonds (in platinum), good, small old-cut diamonds, total carat weight circa 1.2, diameter 1.4 – 1.8 mm, two small facetted ruby eyes, 1 diamond in body of circa 3.6 mm diameter, 8 very fine demantoids of circa 2.2 – 2.5 mm in diameter, totaling circa 0.6 ct., handmade
Mark
Stamp on pin: Reiman (Albert Reiman 1875–1976)
Size and Weight
Wing span 51 mm, weight 13.3 g
Condition
Excellent
Additional Features
Accompanied by a Lohri certificate and a fitted box "D.S. Lavender" London.
Property of a Lady
Reference-Number
EABO113
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.