Hermann Böhm Neo-Renaissance pendants, set of two Neo-Renaissance pendants in their original shaped case:
The first pendant is in polychrome enamelled silver, set with green imitation stones (garnet/glass lining), a garnet and three rubies. A woman playing a lyre is depicted in the round in front of a piece of Antique architecture. The pendant bears 7 fine pearls in pendants at the top and bottom. The back of the pendant is also enamelled and chased. Renaissance style pendant, made by Hermann Böhm at the end of the 19th century, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian work.
Dog-mark for the silver 800 thousandths, A-mark for the city of Vienna, Hermann Böhm’s hallmark (19th century).
Height: 7 cm
Width: 4 cm
Condition : some enamels missing
Weight : 18.04 gr
The second pendant is in polychrome enamelled silver, depicting Saint George slaying the dragon, a famous legend from the Middle Ages. It also has a small pearl pendant. The chain has been replaced. Antique pendant in the Renaissance style, 19th century, Austro-Hungarian work. Attributed to Hermann Böhm (19th century).
Chain hallmarked 925 silver
Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Total length with chain: 43.5 cm
Note: the silver chain has been removed.
Condition: missing enamel
Weight (including chain): 11.53 gr
More infos : In Germany and Austria, the Neo-Renaissance style developed in the last decades of the 19th century in parallel with the emergence of a national identity, and took the name Historismus or Historicism.
Large amethyst cross pendant in 18 karat (750) yellow gold and silver. Large religious cross to be worn as a pendant, set with 19 round facetted amethysts and paste white stones. Religious ceremonial jewellery, late 19th century, southern France or Italy.
Owl and swan hallmarks (French State hallmarks for 18 karat gold and silver).
Victorian reliquary garnet pendant. Antique pendant with a round garnet surrounded by natural pearls. The rest of the jewel is decorated with square garnets and black and white enamelled arabesques. The clasp takes the form of a bow, also set with garnets. A secret compartment opens at the back of the jewel to conceal a small sentimental object (protected by glass). Pendant from the second half of the 19th century, France, circa 1850.
Saint Esprit du Puy en Velay pendant in 18-karat (750) pink gold.This regional pendant is made of stamped gold leaf decorated with a stylized bird carrying three garnets as a pendant.The center of the jewel is also set with a garnet.Around it, the blue enameled decoration of the jewel has almost disappeared. The Holy Spirit is held at the top by a gold element forming a knot, set with nine garnets.This antique regional Holy Spirit pendant dates from the beginning of the 19th century, circa 1810, Auvergne, France.
Erased rooster hallmark (French state hallmark for 18 karat gold between 1809 and 1819).
Dimensions: 6 x 3 cm
Condition: missing enamels, a garnet replaced at the bottom, old welds at the back.
Antique enamel angel pendant in silver (800).Antique circular pendant centered on an enameled plaque depicting a winged angel holding a lyre surrounded by flowers, on a dark brown background.The plaque is set in a silver setting decorated with leaves and half fine pearls. Antique romantic pendant, circa 1880.
Swan hallmark (French state hallmark for silver)
Dimensions (bail included): 37 x 34 mm
Diameter: 34mm
Condition: cracks in the brown part of the enamel.
Victorian carnelian watch key pendant in 18 karat (750) rose. An antique watch key pendant, adorned with a large orange cornelian. The structure is rose gold, but the key is metal. Late 19th century jewelry, Victorian period.
Dimensions: 57 x 33 mm
Condition: Scratches from use on the metal. The key at the bottom is in metal.
Victorian antique compass pendant in 9 karats gold (375). Lovely compass pendant with an arrow turning on the cardinal points to indicate North. It is protected by glass. The compass is decorated all around with a gold chain motif (not flexible). England, Birmingham, 1900.
English hallmarks : Marine anchor (Birmingham), 9, 375, J.T and lower-case letter a (corresponding to the year 1900).
Antique French silver pendant (900 thousandths). Pendant set with paste white stone from South-East, Provence, France. The jewel is composed of a central openwork plate, holding three pendants and a foliage-decorated bail. Antique regional pendant, circa 1870, Provence, France.
Partially legible goldsmith’s hallmark.
Dimensions: 62 x 37 mm
Conditions : scratches and some wear on the stones.
Small enameled clasp pendant in 18 karat (750) gold. This Normandy clasp, in hollow gold. It is decorated with colored enamel: on one side, a red enameled flower framed by midnight-blue leaves, within a cartouche. The cartouche is surrounded by a jagged frieze; on the other side, the same motif […]
Victorian compass pendant in 9 karat gold (375). A very original compass-shaped pendant that can be rotated on itself, allowing it to be placed on the table to find North. Inside, an arrow rotates on the cardinal points.The compass is two-sided, with both sides protected by glass. It is decorated with a gold cord that holds the hoop. The North indication works. Made in England, Birmingham, 1891.
Marks: Marine anchor (Birmingham), R for 1891, MW.
Dimensions: 32 x 20 mm
Diameter: 20 mm
Condition: dust inside the compass, slight dents, wear light scratches on gold and glass.
Learn more: How does a compass work? A moving needle inside the compass reacts to a magnet, the Earth. Indeed, as our planet contains a lot of iron, it is magnetic, and the small moving needle inside the compass uses this to indicate the north-south direction. However, this only works if there are no other magnets near the compass. Note that the needle of a magnetic steel compass always points approximately north.
Large enameled regional heart clasp in 18 karat gold (750). This regional clasp, in hollow gold, is rectangular in shape. It is richly decorated with colored enamel motifs: on one side, an enameled flower blossoms in the center of a coat of arms, surrounded by two blue and green pansies in a cartouche. The cartouche is surrounded by a frieze of enameled fleurons and oval shapes; on the other side, two flaming hearts resting on two intersecting horns of plenty, enameled blue and red, within a cartouche. The cartouche is surrounded by a frieze of dots on a blue background. Regional clasp from Normandy, French sentimental jewelry from the mid-19th century.
Eagle head hallmark (french state hallmark for 18 karat gold), France.
Clasp dimensions: 14 x 29 mm
Condition: scratches from use, missing enamel, slight dents