Necklace
ca. 1790-1805 (made)
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| Place of origin |
There would originally have been a central pendant.
A love of nature was one of the most universal and respected sentiments in the 19th century. Naturalistic jewellery, influenced by the Romantic movement and the revived Rococo style, developed early in the period. Its success was due to the beauty and wearability of jewelled flowers and foliage, but also to the continuing interest in botany.
Until around 1830 the designs were stylised and delicate. Later, the ever-more precise copies of flowers, leaves, fruit and insects formed extravagant, colourful and complex compositions. Often the ornament included roses, lilies, chrysanthemums and fuchsias, the most fashionable flowers at the time
A love of nature was one of the most universal and respected sentiments in the 19th century. Naturalistic jewellery, influenced by the Romantic movement and the revived Rococo style, developed early in the period. Its success was due to the beauty and wearability of jewelled flowers and foliage, but also to the continuing interest in botany.
Until around 1830 the designs were stylised and delicate. Later, the ever-more precise copies of flowers, leaves, fruit and insects formed extravagant, colourful and complex compositions. Often the ornament included roses, lilies, chrysanthemums and fuchsias, the most fashionable flowers at the time
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Rock crystal set in silver and gold |
| Brief description | Necklace of brilliant-cut rock crystals set in silver backed with gold, with leaf and bud pendants, France, about1790-1805 |
| Physical description | Necklace of brilliant-cut rock crystals set in silver, backed with gold and decorated with leaf and bud pendants; central pendant missing. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dame Joan Evans |
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| Summary | There would originally have been a central pendant. A love of nature was one of the most universal and respected sentiments in the 19th century. Naturalistic jewellery, influenced by the Romantic movement and the revived Rococo style, developed early in the period. Its success was due to the beauty and wearability of jewelled flowers and foliage, but also to the continuing interest in botany. Until around 1830 the designs were stylised and delicate. Later, the ever-more precise copies of flowers, leaves, fruit and insects formed extravagant, colourful and complex compositions. Often the ornament included roses, lilies, chrysanthemums and fuchsias, the most fashionable flowers at the time |
| Bibliographic reference | Shirley Bury, Jewellery 1789-1910, The International Era, Vol. 1. p.51, plate 15 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.63-1962 |
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| Record created | July 26, 2005 |
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