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Morning Glory Collects...
things we love to buy, wear and share
Austro-Hungarian/Austrian Renaissance/Czech Jewelry
and St. George and the Dragon
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St. George & the Dragon
This first piece fascinated me the moment I saw it. The motif in this Austro-Hungarian piece is
St. George and the Dragon
encased in rock crystal with an intricately enameled frame. Although it
looked at first glance like a pendant, the fitting at the top has such a
tiny hole for a bail or
chain to be affixed in that position that I wonder if one ever was.
I am at a loss to decide what it is... is it jewelry or an ornament of
some kind, is it a religious piece or a decorative object? It does look
a bit like part of the insignia of the
Order of the Garter. The
Order of
the Garter is an English Order of Chivalry. It started my
interest in St. George jewelry many years ago.
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ST. GEORGE & the Dragon
pendant or ornament,
2-1/3" by 1-5/8" by 1-3/4" deep. This is and enameled figure encased in
a hinged rock
crystal case. All the
pieces within the rock crystal "egg" are poly-chrome enameled, and very three dimensional.
The enameling is orange, black and green around the outside edges, and the
figures are purple, blue, green, orange and black. The piece is almost as deep
as it is wide. The square jump ring is typical of the 18th century, but I am
still researching date and provenance. As can be seen in the pictures, the hinge
is broken. View
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St. GEORGE & the DRAGON-
Reverse view This
has a hinge is at the top and a clip to open it locket-style at
the bottom. It is broken at the hinge.
View #V22499 |
ST GEORGE & THE DRAGON interior
view. As you can see the hinge is broken. The figure inside has wonderful
detail.
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St. GEORGE & the DRAGON- View of top
from the front with the hallmark barely visible. One person who has
seen it in person thought there was a hallmark of the head of Diana the
Huntress on the top front of what would be the bail, if it had a bail. He
also said that Diana is an Austrian silver mark circa 1874-??. I have not
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St.GEORGE & the DRAGON- View of top
from the back. CHRISTIE ROMERO, author of "Warman's Jewelry", says: "I've seen quite a few
St. Georges and Dragon pieces, but never enclosed in rock crystal like this. I assume the metal is silver, and if the hallmark is the head of a
woman with a crescent moon in her hair, that's Diana, goddess of the hunt,
which is in fact an Austrian hallmark. And that computes. This is
Austro-Hungarian Renaissance Revival." View |
St. GEORGE & the DRAGON- View from
side showing depth, which is about 1-3/4".
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ENAMEL on sterling Austro-Hungarian
"St George and the dragon" pendant 1867-72, hallmarked including
an "A" for Vienna,
1-1/3". Wonderful quality with even the the tiny loop enameled in
blue.
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#Q24982 |
VICTORIAN Austro-Hungarian
St. George and the dragon pendant, polychrome enamel on sterling with a pearl drop
and seed pearls chain and two green faceted stones,
c1890, very slight enamel loss, 2-1/2" by 1-1/2". Note the
lovely detail, especially in the dragon's wing.
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN 1870 Renaissance Revival pendants are shown above, one
of which is St. George and his dragon. The loop suspending the pearl on the
dragon has an Austrian hallmark on it - but as is typical, it is so tiny it's
almost impossible to see. This picture is from "Warman's Jewelry: A Fully Illustrated Price Guide to 19th and 20th Century
Jewelry, Including Victorian, Art Nouveau, and Costume" (3rd Ed) by Christie
Romero.
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OTHER AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN PIECES
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SCENT BOTTLE- View View
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Says the owner of this wonderful piece:
"I’m attaching
photos of the Austrian Renaissance Revival scent bottle that I recently
acquired. I’ve been collecting for more than 25 years and this is the first
bottle that I’ve seen with this enameling “en ronde bosse”. I’ve had
several Austro-Hungarian bottles with just the raised jewels, but no
enameling. As I mentioned before, I’ve admired Renaissance jewelry for some
time and am pleased to have been able to acquire this extraordinary revival
piece.
I think it dates to 1840-1860
time period. The only mark on the piece is a swan in an oval which
tells us nothing because it is a French import mark. It was at some time
sold at auction and was marked by the French to indicate it was a precious metal
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SCENT
BOTTLE- "The stopper is a
double-sided head which is enameled. The shoulders and neck of the bottle
are decorated with hippocamp or hippocampus figures (hippocamp is a seahorse
type figure). The hippocamp is also repeated beneath the central figure on
both sides only upside-down. The Phoenix (mythological) figure is on one
side, and St. George and the Dragon (religious and historical) is on the
other.
"The chain was also embellished by the maker, as would have been the case in
the Renaissance, with additional figures – in this case the links are
hippocamps. At the top of the chain is a figure called a “mascaron” which
is a mask/face of some sort. Sometimes mascarons are grotesques, sometimes
funny, sometimes animal heads." |
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SCENT
BOTTLE-
A collector contacted me, suggesting as a
reference the wonderful book called Renaissance Jewels and Jeweled
Objects, the Melvin Gutman Collection. She was also kind enough to share
here her scent bottle, shown here. |
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN lorgnette of
gold washed silver with enameling, citrines, emeralds and pearls, 5-1/2" by
1-1/4". Tiny mark "800" on the glasses hinge. Circa 1890.
See this piece in the book "Warman's Jewelry, 3rd Ed", page 116,
by Christie Romero.
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN lovely
translucent enamel
on sterling brooch with garnets and pearls, circa 1900. This shows the
distinctive white enamel with delicate brushwork typical of the
Transylvanian technique. See Moro's "European Designer Jewelry" page
178.
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN revival
pendant with red and green garnets, blue and white enameling and
mother-of-pearl all set in gold tone, total length 3-3/4" and 1-3/4" wide on
a newer 24" chain. The detail is lovely and the piece beautifully made.
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN enameled pendant with purple, red and green glass
beads and rhinestones. See Austro-Hungarian jewelry in Carole Tanenbaum's
"Fabulous Fakes" on page 17.
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HUNGARIAN hand made gilt silver
flower pin with very elaborate layered construction of bezel set green and
pink crystals, pegged natural garnet beads, enamel flowers and cultured
pearls, circa 1935. Stamped on pin, 'Hungary' with makers mark, KT, and assay
mark of a dog's head, and #3 for 800 silver, 3-3/4".
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN STYLE PIECES
by OTHER MAKERS
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN Revival
brooch with pendant loop, rose cabochons, blue rhinestones and pearl
inserts, 1-5/8".
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN style (but probably Czech) simulated cameo necklace with orange glass
cabochons, green beads, purple rhinestones and white enameling, 16"
necklace with 3-1/2" drop, circa 1920.
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CZECH
"CzechoSlovakia" marked multi-colored enameled and rhinestone 3-1/3" pendant 22"
chain reminiscent of the Austro-Hungarian style, circa 1940. View
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CZECH cameo necklace and bracelet
with purple glass cabochons, chartreuse green enamel, and faux cameos.
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CZECH style pink and
green enameled necklace with pink cabochons, 24" chain 3" pendant. See
Czech pendants in Carole Tanenbaum's "Fabulous Fakes" on pages 54-55.
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#Q20905 |
PURPLE
enamel and
cabochon pendant with rhinestone accents set in gold tone.
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN style white,
aqua and yellow
enameled and red rhinestones bracelet marked "Arcansas" and "897", 7" by
1-1/3". Though it is mid-20th century, this revives the distinctive
white enamel with delicate brushwork typical of the older Transylvanian
technique. See Moro's "European Designer Jewelry" page 178.
I have recently learned that Arcansas jewelry was made in the 1950s and 1960s by
Elizabeth Reimer, a Hungarian immigrant in Sydney, Australia. Her parents had
been in the fine jewelry business. She employed mostly women who, she thought,
had more delicate hands. The work on her jewelry is certainly delicate and
wonderful.
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN style
blue, green, purple and red enamel and rhinestone necklace, with green
cabochon center, 19" chain with a 3-1/2" pendant, circa 1920.
View #Q25009
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AUSTRO
Hungarian Revival style red white and black enameled, red rhinestone and
artificial pearl 7" by 3/4" bracelet, early 1900s. This shows the distinctive
white enamel with delicate brushwork like the Transylvanian technique, wonderful
detail. (See Moro's
"European Designer Jewelry" page 178).
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CORAL Austro-Hungarian
Revival style screw-back earrings, each different, with aqua and orange
glass stones and white enameling, the right is 2-1/4" by 1-1/4"
and the
left is 2-1/8" by 1-1/3". Notice that while they look great together,
each earring is slightly different.
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN Revival sterling
earrings with red and green rhinestones and artificial pearls, 7/8".
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HOLLYCRAFT brooch sterling vermeil
Austro-Hungarian revival style 2-1/8" by 3-1/4" brooch with aqua
glass and
red, green and clear rhinestones with artificial pearl accents and
enameling, circa 1946. This brooch is by John H. Hazard for Hollywood Jewelry
(Hollycraft), patent number 144,711.
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ARCANSAS
Austro-Hungarian style
red glass cabochons and rhinestones with tiny aqua beads and white enameling earrings
marked on the back "Arcansas" and "946". View
View #Y25072 |
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REFERENCE:
"European Designer Jewelry", Chapter 5, by Ginger Moro
"Warman's Jewelry" Edition 3, by Christie Romero
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