800 silver plique à jour egyptian revival winged scarab brooch. | ||
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Posted 8 years ago
kyratango
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Sold for Thunderbird brooch......
As misdescribed, price was good for me!
An Art Deco Egyptian revival silver and plique à jour enamel would have attracted more bids :-D
Update: big thanks to Ivan who identified the mark for Cairo, 1931/1932!
Wingspan is 6cm (2.5/16"), marked 800 and an indistinct mark on the needle: letter ?, a bar, W, a bar, E (or F?).
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That looks about as much like a Thunderbird as I do....!!!
It's superb, too.....
It was made in Cairo, Egypt, fineness .800 (mark on the left).``Cat mark`` (in the middle) was used until 1946. Date letter (right) is ``F`` for 1931/1932 (replaced with Arabic numerals in 1940).
Btw. It`s Egyptian scarab with spread wings, a symbol of extended protection.
Lol Bonnie! Thank you!
Ivan! Huge thanks for solving this mystery :-)
I thought it was maker's mark, and didn't expect a hallmark on the needle!
Gorgeous!
Mmmmmm boy. I do love that!!
You have a eye for finding such wonderful pieces !
What a treasure dear kyra, I imagine everyone is jealous of this beautiful find, congratulations on this milestone !~
FABULOUS !!!
Ah Kyra, how funny is that.....this is gorgeous!!! Well done for spotting!!!
``800`` was struck before enameling, the only place for full marks was obviously the needle, otherwise would crack the enamel. Plique à jour is difficult to make - one can ruin several peaces to achieve perfect results. So, the maker could not risk to have it assayed, duty paid and then ruin the piece.
Celiene, Lois, dear Manikin, Phil, Vetraio and Judy, thank you so much for your gorgeous and lovely comments :-D I was indeed lucky to spot it !
Ivan, thank you for the explanation, the hallmark being so long, that makes sense!
Magnificent!!! Well done for spotting it :)
IVAN49 - would you please look at this brooch and comment on the strange setting of the stone. You have great knowledge! Would be much appreciated.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/202532-sterling-gold-marcasite-and-green-g?in=user
Wow! What a great piece!
Interesting, I've never seen a plique piece like this with Egyptian marks. It's so like the earlier German pieces style wise but I guess the enamel colours are quite different.
Jewels1900, neither do I! But it is obvious so much tourists went to Egypt then, they had to make some fine souvenir jewellery!
The enamel colors are more pure primary, and surface more glass like than on German pieces.
I think you missed Bluboi's Egyptian bracelets:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/160371-deco-plique-a-jour-egyptian-revival-brac
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/154809-deco-plique-a-jour-enamel-bracelet
Thank you for your interest :-)
Valentino, Cindyjune, many thanks for your wonderful and wow comments ;-))
Paul, Rose, Sean and Annelanders, lot of thanks for joining the scarab lovers!
WOW, great addition, Congrats
Cannot help with the stone based on the image.
Egyptian silver with old marks (cat an Latin date letters) is not very common. They have mastered enameling, cannot recall if this quality can be seen today.
Thank you Kerry for your congrats ;-) same back to you for your animated Davy Crockett!
Ivan, thanks for your complementary comment:-)
Oroyoroy... you may be a reincarnation of Khepri the solar deity! ;-)
Many thanks, Lentilka, Betty, Karenoke, Hunter, Jean, Ho2cultcha and Phil for your lovely visit!
Thank you David for loving the Egyptian Bzz Bzz;-)
Thank you Rick for being the 40th lover! :-))
Pure magic full of meaning & absolute beauty thanks for sharing Kyratango
Oohh, thank you so much Malkey, I really admire your artistic pics of your stunning pieces!
Stunning find!
Aww, thank you Coopergirl for your nice comment! And for being the 50th lover :-D