Antique Art Nouveau Jugendstil Blue Paste Seed Pearl Rose Gold Filled Pendant

  
Tests for gold-filled, glass, natural seed pearls. Why You'll Love It. The finest of details make this antique Jugendstil pendant look and feel oh-so-delicate. Every inch is unique and thoughtful, with an angular silhouette and gold-filled setting in a vibrant rosy hue, adding structure to its dainty appearance. Adorned by graduating seed pearls, your eye is led down to a single shimmering paste in a sapphire-blue color, a true geometric punctuation amid the intricate openwork. Bright patina with minimal surface wear to the setting. Fresh sheen, light surface wear, and no chipping on the glass. All seed pearls are intact and in place.

Jugendstil is the German and Austrian counterpart to the more international Art Nouveau movement. For that reason, the designs have similar characteristics as the art nouveau style - with some key differences. Most notably, Jugendstil tends to be more abstract than purely naturalistic.

It included jewelry but also included all other art forms, like the visual arts and architecture. On Glass Made to Emulate Gemstones. Glass has long been used by jewelers to simulate natural gemstones. For instance, during the Georgian era, black dot paste is a term that refers to a style of glass that was made to simulate the sparkle of natural diamonds.

But in the 1940s, the use of glass to simulate gemstones ramped up more than ever before. World War II constrained both fine materials and pocketbooks, so more and more designers (including high-end designers) focused on glass to re-create the distinctive properties of different gems. High-end designers thus began making costume glass jewelry - but with the same attention to detail, high craftsmanship, and design skill that was applied to fine jewelry. _gsrx_vers_1516 GS 9.3 (1516).