Antique Gold Bracelets
1830, morocco collar in case the figure crowned Empress Amelie Brazil, daughter of Prince Eugene (1812-1873). The circular medallions include Gothic letters which together form the dedication "your Hortense. " Pendant, a cross adorned with two clasped hands symbol of "faith. " Gift of Queen Hortense to her niece. The neo-Renaissance style reinterprets the jewels of the sixteenth century, inspired by Holbein, da Vinci or Raphael and drawing in the architectural repertoire of the court of Francis I. The jewelers of the Romantic period were shown in both genres, sometimes mixing them in the same work. The artists are then relive the 1850s until the 1890s, the ancient Greco-Roman and Middle Eastern. Archaeological sites in Italy and Asia Minor, which have revealed numerous Roman art, Etruscan, trojans or supposed, the digging of the Suez Canal, which causes a passion for Egypt, renewed interest in these genres. Eugene Fontenay (1824-1887) distinguished himself in the creation of jewelry reminiscent of Greek or Roman art, a "perfect production. " It creates such as earrings and brooches in which subjects are embedded with tiny enamel inspired murals found in Pompeii. The belt buckle and the strap of the dress of the Duchess of Angouleme, daughter in law of Charles X, imitate the kind "the cathedral", the necklace and earrings seemed oddly assorted little. The jewels of the end of the so-called restoration of the Cathedral are often more extravagant than the portrait: belt buckles depicting scenes of pilgrimage, Greek or Latin cross, Maltese Cross or Jerusalem, in wooded rosaries jewelry. The necklace chain gothic says, offered in 1830 by Queen Hortense to her niece Amelie Empress of Brazil, antique gold bracelets adorned with opals, rubies and emeralds, is very typical of French Romanticism in the first half of the nineteenth century . The medallions are the letters that form the dedication Gothic "tone Hortense. " The cross pendant is carved with two clasped hands, symbolizing faith. The earring, simple and elegant, imitate antique cameo engraving crystal rimmed in gold. This graceful specimen of the antique gold bracelets style of the nineteenth century is difficult to date precisely. Finally the bracelet is signed by Alexis Falize (1811-1898), a specialist in enamels. It is a large circle of antique gold bracelets rigid ratchet, covered with enamel patterns that mimic medieval. The date of manufacture, 1880, is one of the reasons enamelled in Gothic letters. This interpretation is very personal and original neo-Gothic is due to the great artists of the nineteenth century, who rediscovered the Limoges enamels. The best jewelry historicizing belong to the category of jewelry art, for a clientele aware of originality. This style is a way of remarkable creations. They employ few ornaments of precious stones and pearls of great value but enamels, baroque pearls, stones uncut cabochon. They prefer the antique gold bracelets and silver, engraved, chiseled, worked according to ancient techniques found as rejected, mildew or watermark. The delayed is a technique of jewelry designed to obtain relief on a metal surface, by hand with a hammer or chisel. Blight is a picture-based black enamel metal sulfides on a silver background. The watermark decorating metal surfaces with very fine son welded on a background, a process attributed to the Etruscans. Work and inventiveness required to explain these jewels hand that the public has shifted less successful ornaments that mimic the past without imagination. Historicizing style was abandoned in the décennie1890, when is Art Nouveau. . . .
