A Rare Berlin Silver Gilt Mounted Rock Crystal and Enamel Pendant
A Rare Berlin Silver Gilt Mounted Rock Crystal and Enamel Pendant
Period 1700-1800
Medium Copper, silver, Wax, Enamel, Gilt, Rock crystal
Dimension 7 x 5.5 x 1.5 cm (2³/₄ x 2¹/₈ x 0⁵/₈ inches)
With a wax ‘Agnus Dei’ oval relief to the reverse
Dated 1734
Attributed to the Fromery workshop (Berlin 1685 - 1738)
Copper, Enamel, Silver, Gilt, Wax, Rock Crystal
German
18th Century / Circa 1734
SIZE: 7cm high, 5.5cm wide, 1.5cm deep - 2¾ ins high, 2¼ ins wide, ⅔ ins deep
Period: 1700-1800
Medium: Copper, silver, Wax, Enamel, Gilt, Rock crystal
Dimension: 7 x 5.5 x 1.5 cm (2³/₄ x 2¹/₈ x 0⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: Blumka collection, Ruth Blumka
Sothebys, January 9th and 10th 1996
Georg Laue, Munich, Germany
Ex Private English collection
Literature: The Fromery factory and workshop was created by the French Huguenot emigré, Pierre Fromery (1655 - 1738), an accomplished steel-cutter, armourer, clockmaker and box-maker.
To the front of our oval is a profile of a Bishop / Saint shown wearing a ‘mitre’ and holding a ‘crozier’ and burning candle / lamp.
Finch & Co
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