French Art Deco bi-color golden earrings

OBJECT GROUP : earrings
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN : France
STYLE : Art Deco
STYLE SPECIFICS : Art Deco - Abstract motives and geometrical forms are quite typical for the Art Deco period.
PERIOD : 1920
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION : Flower symbolism - click here for an explanation on Flower symbolism
THEME : Roses - First of all a symbol of love but there are many prophecies, legends and fairy tales made about this beautiful flower. A rose that blooms in autumn can mean a marriage. And you must remember the fairy tail of Sleeping Beauty. The bad queen pricked the beautiful, young princess with a thorn from a rose. She slept 100 years and a beautiful, young prince woke her up with a kiss. They married and they lived happily ever after. There exists a legend about how the rose got her thorns. The rose grew originally in the Garden of Eden and had no thorns. After the fall the rose got her thorns to remind people of their sin. Her beauty might been kept as memory of Paradise. In the antiquity Eros, the Greek God of Love, was represented as a fresh and rosy (color of roses), lively and cheerful boy with goldish hair (like the stamens). The arrows were like the thorns and his wings were like the petals of the rose. In beauty, shape and scent, the rose is outstanding and hence has become the most commonly used floral symbol in the West. Roses have symbolical meanings in classic and Christian art. For example Venus was associated with roses, symbolizing love and beauty, whereas Virgin Mary sometimes was called a « rose without thorns » because of her purity.
MATERIAL : 18K bi-color gold (greenish yellow and red)
WEIGHT : 1.00 gram (0.64 dwt)
HALLMARKS : French origin since 1838 - eagle's head - We are sure of the origin of this jewel because of the control mark representing an eagle’s head (that was in use in France from about 1838).
CONDITION : Excellent condition - (click here for our condition scale)
MEASUREMENTS : Height approx. 1.46 cm (0.57 inch)


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