A sterling silver pendant made for the Olympic games. - image-1
A sterling silver pendant made for the Olympic games. - image-2
A sterling silver pendant made for the Olympic games. - image-1A sterling silver pendant made for the Olympic games. - image-2

Lot 176 Dα

A sterling silver pendant made for the Olympic games.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
12.11.2015, 17:00 - Jewellery and Boxes
Estimate: 500 € - 600 €
Result: 806 € (incl. premium)

A sterling silver pendant made for the Olympic games.

Made for the committee of the 1972 summer Olympic games in Munich. Diameter 4.8 cm. Weight 35.1 g.
Design: Elisabeth Treskow (Bochum 1898 - Brühl 1972). Facture: Fritz Deutsch (Reichenberg/Czech Republic 1921 - Cologne 1990), ca. 1970.

According to tradition, the goldsmith made five of these pendants. She kept one for herself but later sold it to a lady with the star sign sagittarius.