H.Böhm Renaissance revival pendants

H.Böhm Renaissance revival 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.