A Rare Berlin Silver Gilt Mounted Rock Crystal and Enamel Pendant
A Rare Berlin Silver Gilt Mounted Rock Crystal and Enamel Pendant
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
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
A Rare Berlin Silver Gilt Mounted Rock Crystal and Enamel Pendant
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
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
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.
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.
Blumka collection, Ruth Blumka
Sothebys, January 9th and 10th 1996
Georg Laue, Munich, Germany
Ex Private English collection
Sothebys, January 9th and 10th 1996
Georg Laue, Munich, Germany
Ex Private English collection
A Rare Berlin Silver Gilt Mounted Rock Crystal and Enamel Pendant