Art Nouveau brooch with effigy of Velleda, signed Rivet

In her 1795 novel Velleda, ein Zauberroman (Velleda, a Magic Novel), Benedikte Naubert conflated the lives of two contemporaries,Boudicca and Veleda, whom she romanticized as Boadicea and Velleda. In Naubert's work, Velleda is portrayed as a sorceress who offers Boadicea's daughters access to immortality in the magical world of Germanic goddesses, while Boadicea draws her daughters back to the real world. A large extract from of Naubert's novel appeared in Shawn C. Jarvis and Jeannine Blackwell's The Queen's Mirror, as did Amalie von Helwig's 1814 story "Die Symbole" (The Symbols), in which she was called Welleda. The forms "Velleda" and "Welleda" appear to be attempts to render the name in modern German (much as Richard Wagner rendered Odin or Woden as Wotan in his Ring cycle).

Other 19th-century works incorporating Veleda/Velleda/Welleda included Friedrich de la Motte-Fouqué's 1818 novel, Welleda und Gemma; Eduard Sobolewski's 1835 opera Velleda; E.H. Maindron's 1843-44 marble sculpture Velleda, and Franz Sigret's drawing Veleda, Prophetess of the Bructeri. (From: Wikipedia

Antique jewelry object group: brooch

Country of origin: France

Style: late-Victorian early Art Nouveau
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Style specifics: The style of this jewel announces the coming of the Art-Nouveau style.

Period: ca. 1890
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Source of inspiration: old mythes

Theme: Velleda

Material: 18K yellow gold
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Signature: A.Y.Rivet (we did not look for further information on this maker)

Hallmarks: The French control mark for 18K gold representing an eagle's head that was in use in France from about 1838.
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Condition: excellent condition
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Dimensions: diameter 2.84 cm (1.12 inch)

Weight: 8.30 gram (5.34 dwt)

Reference Nº: 10145-4287

Copyright photography: Adin, fine antique jewelry

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