Bow Brooch

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Bow Brooch

Factory/Foundry Theodor Fahrner Company (1855-1979)

Designer Gustav Braendle, Jr. (German, 1910-1942)

Place of OriginGermany

Dateabout 1932-1942

Dimensions2 5/8 × 7/8 × 1/2 in. (6.7 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm)

MediumSilver-gilt bow-shaped brooch mounted with marcasite and a central citrine, and patinated.

ClassificationJewelry

Credit LineGift of Rhoda L. and Roger M. Berkowitz

Object number

2013.173

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DescriptionSymmetrical brooch in the shape of a stylized bow, consisting of a central faceted citrine set into a beaded bezel that is encircled by two separate concentric rings of increasing size set with marcasite (faceted steel). Two identical sets of three overlapping leaf-shapes decorated overall with a soldered-on corded wire scroll (filigree) pattern are soldered in a horizontal arrangement beneath either side of the central ornament. The surface is patinated with a greenish gilding for which Gustav Braendle Jr. held a patent.

Published References

Cf. Von Hase-Schmundt, Ulrike, Christianne Weber, Ingeborg Becker, Theodor Fahrner Jewelry...Between Avant-Garde and Tradition: Art Nouveau, Art Deco, the 1950s, Westchester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1991, pp. 226-230.