Timeless Beauty
Timeless Beauty
Watch pendant with enamel, Art Nouveau, around 1900
CHF 6.200,00 (Incl. VAT)
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Timeless Beauty
Watch pendant with enamel, Art Nouveau, around 1900
CHF 6.200,00 (Incl. VAT)
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Material
In 18K (750) yellow gold, Swiss watch movement, overhauled, enamel depiction of a young woman’s head with a diadem, set with one pearl and 6 rose-cut diamonds, gold-plated handle, handmade
Mark
Signed by hand engraving Bert Leocle, hallmark in case 18K and Nr. 229363, Stamp of a woman’s head
Size and Weight
Weight 17.9 g, length 36 mm
Condition
Very good
Additional Features
Accompanied by a Lohri certificate
Reference-Number
EAU004
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.