A Cologne Sterling silver "Olympian Archer" pendant - image-1

Lot 110 Dα

A Cologne Sterling silver "Olympian Archer" pendant

Auction 1066 - overview Cologne
19.05.2016, 17:00 - Jewellery and Watches
Estimate: 600 € - 650 €
Result: 620 € (incl. premium)

A Cologne Sterling silver "Olympian Archer" pendant

Designed as an openwork ring surrounding a figure of an archer. Produced for the Olympic organisation comittee for the Munich summer games in 1972. Stamped fineness 925. 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.

Elisabeth Treskow is said to have produced five of these pendants. She kept one and later sold it to a lady whose star sign was Sagittarius.