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JOSEF SIESS SOHNE
Primavera Brooch Dance of the Innocents
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JOSEF SIESS SOHNE
Primavera Brooch Dance of the Innocents
Gold, silver, ivory, malachite, pearls
H 4.60cm (1.81 in) | W 4.60cm (1.81 in)
| Origin | Austrian, c. 1905 |
| Marks | The miniature signed:""ST SCHWARTZ"" Pin with makers mark 'SJS' Pin & catch: Vienna poincon |
| Case | Fitted Case |
| Condition | Very good |
The children are performing a ring dance around a blossoming sapling. This originates from Pagan fertility dances of which in the UK the Maypole ring dance is the most well known
Literature
llustrated in our book:
Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, p. 217
cf. Schmuck in Deutschland und Osterreich
1895-1914, Ulrike von Hase, p. 333 biography.
Wiener Gold-und Silberschmiede und ihre punzen 1867-1922, Waltraud Neuwirth, 1976, Lexicon L-Z, p. 212 maker's mark & biography
Price Code
Ref No 4929
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