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Karl and Maria Berthold Symbolist Cornucopia Venus Shell Silver Brooch

About the Item

An exceptional cameo brooch of Venus surrounded by the horn of plenty by the goldsmith Karl Berthold & his painter wife Maria Schmidt-Kugel. Karl Berthold (1889-1975) came from a family of goldsmiths in Bavaria where he was first trained. He became a teacher for goldsmithing at the Staatliche Zeichenakademie in Hanau and Werkkunstschule in Cologne. After the war his atelier was in the Carmelite Cloisters in Reisach, Upper Bavaria (1945-1951) and later Oberaudorf/Inn. His designs are inspired by Renaissance and Baroque art. Illustrated in our book: Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, cat. no. 271 cf. Schmuck in Deutschland und Osterreich 1895-1914, Ulrike von Hase 1977, p. 172 (About Berthold) Schmuck der 20er und 30er Jahre in Deutschland Christianne Weber, 1990, pp.134-136 & 368 for maker's monogram
  • Creator:
    Karl & Maria Berthold
  • Metal:
    Silver
  • Weight:
    19.6 g
  • Dimensions:
    Width: 2.13 in (54 mm)Depth: 1.89 in (48 mm)
  • Style:
    Artist
  • Place of Origin:
    Germany
  • Period:
    1910-1919
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1919
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 70061stDibs: JU13021136446
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