A silver and enamel Neorenaissance pendant. - image-1

Lot 48 Dα

A silver and enamel Neorenaissance pendant.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
12.11.2015, 17:00 - Jewellery and Boxes
Estimate: 1.500 € - 1.800 €
Result: 1.860 € (incl. premium)

A silver and enamel Neorenaissance pendant.

Designed as an openwork cartouche with grotesque decor, suspending a small emerald triangle to the centre, framed by five pearls and suspending three Baroque Oriental pearls. Stamped with Vienna maker's mark "KR". Minimal losses to the enamel, the emerald chipped. H 8.5 cm. Weight 25.5 g.
Vienna, Karl Rössler, ca. 1900.

Literature

Cf.: Neuwirth, Wiener Gold- und Silberschmiede, 1977, vol. 2, p. 152. The Vienna silversmith's firm of Karl Rössler registered as a business in 1890 and according to a calendar of 1898 specialised in: "Kunstgewerbliche Gegenstände in Gold und Silber. - Email und Antique-Imitation".