Antique Victorian Flemish cross with rose cut diamonds

The purity of this Victorian Flemish cross emanates from the white silver with gilded extremities in red gold and from the eight senailles lustring from their foil settings. Its sacred aura is even more heightened with a surmount of silver rays centring a senaille. With another grand central senaille augmented in its setting from which four roses sprout between the intersections of the cross, this pendant could help anyone grow their devotional roots like roses in their soil.

Antique jewelry object group: pendant

Condition: very good condition
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Country of origin: Although it does not carry any legible control marks we believe this to be of Belgian origin.

Style: Victorian - Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. The Victorian era is known for its eclectic revival and interpretation of historic styles and the introduction of cross-cultural influences from the middle east and Asia in furniture, fittings, and Interior decoration. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a regrettable excess of ornament. The Arts and Crafts movement, the aesthetic movement, Anglo-Japanese style, and Art Nouveau style have their beginnings in the late Victorian era.
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Period: ca. 1870
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Source of inspiration: Christianity

Theme: Cross - The cross is one of the most ancient human symbols, and is used by many religions, such as Christianity. It is frequently a representation of the division of the world into four elements (or cardinal points), or alternately as the union of the concepts of divinity, the vertical line, and the world, the horizontal line. (from: Wikipedia)

Material: Silver with guilded accents
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Technique: The rose cuts are set on foil. This is a special technique that was used to bring the lustre of the diamonds to its best quality.

Diamonds: Eight senailles . A senaille is a simplified rose cut diamond, a small diamond chip with perhaps a few polished facets. We do not have the weight of these diamonds which is normal in our trade when it comes to senailles.

Birthstones: Diamond is the birthstone (or month stone) for April.
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Hallmarks: No trace.
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Dimensions: 7,17 cm (2,82 inch) x 4,30 cm (1,69 inch)

Weight: 10,20 gram (6,56 dwt)

Reference Nº: 15026-0061

Copyright photography: Adin, fine antique jewelry

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