MODERNIST DECO NOUVEAU STERLING SILVER AMBER PENDANT

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IT IS MY PLEASURE TO OFFER FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: AN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS ONE OF A KIND MASTERPIECE THAT I SERIOUSLY DOUBT YOU WILL EVER SEE AGAIN. A MONUMENTAL AMBER ORB CAGED IN A HANDWORKED STERLING SILVER PENDANT. JEWELRY MAKING DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS. EXECUTED ENTIRELY BY HAND IN STERLING SILVER, AND GENUINE AMBER, THIS PIECE IS BEYOND WORDS. THE PICTURES BARELY CAPTURE THE BEAUTY AND UNIQUENESS OF THIS WORK OF ART. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE SCANDINAVIAN AND OF THE GEORG JENSEN ERA/SCHOOL. THE QUALITY AND WORKMANSHIP ARE OBVIOUSLY ON THIS LEVEL. THIS PIECE TAKES ON SEVERAL STYLES AND INFLUENCES. IT CROSSES THE BOUNDARIES OF ART NOUVEAU, AND MODERNISM. PIECES LIKE THIS ARE GENERALLY FOUND IN MUSEUMS AND RARELY COME UP FOR SALE ON THE OPEN MARKET. THIS IS WHAT SILVER COLLECTORS SEARCH FOR. IT BEGINS WITH AN ACCEPTIONAL AND ABNORMALLY LARGE PIECE OF WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE BALTIC AMBER THAT WAS NO DOUBT CHOSEN FOR IT'S REMARKABLE SIZE AND FOR THE CLEARLY DEFINED ORGANISMS CAPTURED WITHIN IT. IT WAS HAND CARVED, AS IT IS NOT COMPLETELY ROUND. T ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED SPECIMINS INSIDE, SOME WITH DELICATE FEATHERLIKE STRUCTURES & OTHERS ARE ALMOST WORMLIKE. THE AMBER ALONE WOULD BE A RARE FIND, BUT THE ARTIST HAS INGENIOUSLY WRAPPED IT WITHIN A REMARKABLE FRAMEWORK OF STERLING SILVER WEBBING THAT PERFECTLY CAPTURES read more

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