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Metal: Brass
Opal Vanity case Stone Wood Box wife birthday gift special person wedding gifts
Located in Berlin, DE
An unique 100% handmade Boulder Opal Gemstone in wooden box
size of the stone vanity case 168 x 163 x 44 mm
weight of the stone box - 1660 gr
total weight with wooden case - 2500 gr
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2010s European Artisan Brass More Objets d'Art and Vertu
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Opal, Brass
Late Renaissance Octagonal Gilded Brass Reliquary Pendant with Velvet Interior
Located in Chicago, IL
OCTAGONAL RELIQUARY PENDANT
Probably Italy, c. 1600
Fire-gilded brass, glass, velvet, ink on paper
Weight 63.2 grams; dimensions 82 × 47 × 21 mm (with loop)
Physical description: Double-sided pendant in octagonal form made of fire-gilded brass. Both sides of the pendant with deep profiled frames with glass. The slightly indented side panels comprise openwork friezes with symmetrical scrollwork. On the front is dark red velvet, onto which tiny bone relics of saints (now missing) would have been attached. Labels on a lace-like paper silhouette remain, with names written in ink, mostly faded; only “S. Agnes” is legible. The back is hinged and when opened reveals a velvet-lined interior and paper insert with floral decorations on a turquoise ground, on which fragments of bones are attached. Baluster shaped base for shield-like pendant loop and ring.
This reliquary pendant is difficult to situate historically because it is a composite object. It represents traditional handwork in the form of a paper cutout, combined with a jeweler’s beautiful fire-gilt brass case.
The work of paper cutting, painting, and ornamentation, sometime combined with needlework, is comparable to work still being done in the nineteenth century by nuns and pious ladies. It is prayerful work, a devotional exercise in itself, and shows reverence to the tiny relic fragments that it would have framed and honored. Early versions of this sort of handiwork might be found in the meticulous displays sometimes called “Paradise Gardens.” These were made, beginning in the sixteenth century, by the nuns at Mechelen, in northern Belgium, in multimedia handwork displays of sewing and gluing, combining relics with paper, cloth, glass, metal wire, and found materials. These textured and pious displays were then combined with paintings and cases by professional artists and artisans, as in the example in Cassel.
Unfortunately, because of water damage, only one of the labels of the original relic displayed in this reliquary is legible, inscribed “S. Agnes” at the center top; the other names are faded. Presumably the deep velvet-lined box would have also held an assortment of relics other than the ones that were visible through the glass, and perhaps there would have been another display in the glass on the other side of the pendant.
There is a second paper insert, this one decorated with a turquoise ground and silhouette flowers to which bone fragments seem to be still attached.
The octagonal case, in contrast to the paper cutout, is not at all “home-made.” It has an openwork frieze in scrollwork patterns familiar from enamel work and other metalwork done for European courts and nobility. It is not unlike cases for expensive watches...
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Brass
Piel Frères Art Nouveau Poppy Buckle
By Piel Frères
Located in New York, NY
Piel Frères Art Nouveau double prong buckle circa 1900. Of rich matte gilt bronze foliage and japanned silver plated blooming poppies with matte gilt detai...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Brass More Objets d'Art and Vertu
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Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Brass, Bronze, Gilt Metal
Victorian Nouveau Brass Opaline Molded Glass Flower Hat Pin with Crystals, 1900s
Located in Tucson, AZ
A necessity during the Victorian Era, hat pins not only balanced precarious hats atop piles of hair but also moonlighted as weapons against overzealous gentlemen. Though teetering ha...
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Crystal, Brass
Antique Japan Shakudo Plaques Peonies Butterfly Grashopper SpIder Spidernet
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Two plaques are identical showing three peonies. One plaque, slightly larger, shows a butterfly, a grasshopper and a spider in its net. The three plaques are fine examples of Shakudo work dating from the 2nd half of the 19th century.
Diameter two small plaques: 3.4 cm
Diameter large plaque...
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Victorian Aesthetic Movement Moorish Brass Extra Long Teardrop Hat Pin, 1900s
Located in Tucson, AZ
A necessity during the Victorian Era, hat pins not only balanced precarious hats atop piles of hair but also moonlighted as weapons against overzealous gentlemen. Though teetering ha...
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Victorian Nouveau Trembler Spring Hat Pin with Pink Molded Glass Flower, 1900s
Located in Tucson, AZ
A necessity during the Victorian Era, hat pins not only balanced precarious hats atop piles of hair but also moonlighted as weapons against overzealous gentlemen. Though teetering ha...
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Early 1900s Unknown Art Nouveau Antique Brass More Objets d'Art and Vertu
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Opal Vanity case Stone Wood Box wife birthday gift special person wedding gifts
Located in Berlin, DE
An unique 100% handmade Boulder Opal Gemstone in wooden box
size of the stone vanity case 168 x 163 x 44 mm
weight of the stone box - 1660 gr
total weight with wooden case - 2500 gr
Category
2010s European Artisan Brass More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Opal, Brass
United States Army Model 1872 Dress Cap Badge
Located in Mount Kisco, NY
Circa 1872, this antique brass U.S. Army Dress Cap Badge is a rare and unusual find. The battalion marking, 258, is proudly displayed across the eagle's ches...
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Romolo Grassi Gold Coral Resting Lady Object
Located in New York, NY
Gold & Coral Resting Lady Object By Romolo Grassi
The Lady is 18k Yellow Gold on one very fine solid coral.
Accented with diamonds and mounted on quartz
Gold Gram Weight: 766.7 grams...
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Victorian Trembler Spring Hat Pin with Amethyst Molded Glass and Crystal ca 1900
Located in Tucson, AZ
A necessity during the Victorian Era, hat pins not only balanced precarious hats atop piles of hair but also moonlighted as weapons against overzealous gentlemen. Though teetering ha...
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Early 1900s Unknown Late Victorian Antique Brass More Objets d'Art and Vertu
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Crystal, Brass
Victorian Art Nouveau Extra Long Silver Globe Hat Pin with Brass Details, 1900s
Located in Tucson, AZ
A necessity during the Victorian Era, hat pins not only balanced precarious hats atop piles of hair but also moonlighted as weapons against overzealous gentlemen. Though teetering ha...
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Early 1900s Unknown Art Nouveau Antique Brass More Objets d'Art and Vertu
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Victorian Moorish Brass Extra Long Hat Pin with Turquoise and Crystals, 1900s
Located in Tucson, AZ
A necessity during the Victorian Era, hat pins not only balanced precarious hats atop piles of hair but also moonlighted as weapons against overzealous gentlemen. Though teetering ha...
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Early 1900s Unknown Aesthetic Movement Antique Brass More Objets d'Art and Vertu
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By Pomellato
Located in Bilbao, ES
A window display Pomellato King
Original and authentical a 13mm Brass King from Pomellato merchandising and window display actually 4 in stock
In original Packaging
Established 43 years ago in the Italian city of Milan, Pomellato has been forging its own meticulous path in jewelry making for many years. Having started life as a chain maker, the distinctive chain design still appears in every collection, albeit in ever more luxurious and bejeweled forms. From the iconic Nudo collection and its almost infinite combination of stackable rings to the colorful Capri collection, Pomellato jewelry...
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