A HALLMARKED EARLY MARIUS HAMMER 925 GILDED SILVER AND ENAMEL COLLAR NECKLACE AND BROOCH PARURE. THIS EXTREMELY RARE AND EARLY PARURE SET WAS PRODUCED BY RENOWNED NORWEGIAN SILVERSMITH MARIUS HAMMER AROUND 1890 IN BERGEN. SUPPLIED IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX MARKED HENRIK OPHEIM, JUVELER & GULDSMED, BERGEN. THE PARURE CONSISTS OF A GILDED SILVER COLLAR NECKLACE FORMED WITH INDIVIDUAL FILIGREE FLORAL PLAQUES LINKED TOGETHER. THE CENTRE OF EACH PLAQUE IS ENAMELLED IN BLUE AND WHITE TO FORM THE CENTRE OF A FLOWER. THE COLLAR IS FASTENED WITH A SIMPLE BUT SECURE HOOK AND EYE. THE MATCHING GILDED SILVER BROOCH CONSISTS OF THREE FLORAL PLAQUES ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER WITH BLUE AND WHITE ENAMELLED CENTRES WITH TWO SMALLER WHITE ENAMELLED BUTTERFLY SHAPED PLAQUES INBETWEEN. THE BROOCH IS SECURED BY A SOLID PIN AND C CLASP. THE PARURE IS IN VERY GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION. THE SILVER GILDING TO THE FRONT OF THE COLLAR NECKLACE IS IN EXTREMELY GOOD CONDITION WITH ONLY SOME SMALL AREAS OF DARKENING TO THE BACK COMMENSURATE WITH AGE. THE ENAMELLED CENTRES ARE ALSO IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THE ONLY LOSS BEING ONE SMALL BLUE PETAL ON ONE FLORAL PLAQUE. THIS IS ONLY APPARENT ON CLOSE INSPECTION, AND UNDER HIGH MAGNIFICATION LOOKS AS IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MANUFACTURING FAULT. THE BROOCH IS IN GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION HAVING SUFFERED SOME LOSS OF GILDING AND DARKENING OF THE SILVER TO THE THREE SILVER PLAQUES, PARTICULARLY TO THE BACK, PROBABLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS WORN MORE OFTEN THAN THE COLLAR. THE ENAMELLING ON EACH PLAQUE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO LOSS EVIDENT. THE PIN AND C CLASP TO THE BACK ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. THE COLLAR MEASURES 17 1/2 INCHES IN LENGTH. EACH PLAQUE MEASURES 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. THE BROOCH MEASURES 1 1/2 INCHES IN LENGTH AND EACH PLAQUE MEASURES JUST UNDER 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. THE COLLAR IS NOT MARKED BUT THE MATCHING BROOCH IS MARKED 925S FOR SILVER WITH MARIUS HAMMER’S MAKER’S MARK OF A HAMMER PIERCED LETTER M TOGETHER WITH THE INITIALS MH. THE ORIGINAL JEWELLER’S BOX IS IN USED ANTIQUE CONDITION WITH THE CLASP BEING IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. WEIGHT OF BROOCH IS 3.3 GRAMS AND WEIGHT OF NECKLACE IS 22.2 GRAMS. PLEASE NOTE: EACH PIECE OF JEWELLERY WILL BE SUPPLIED IN A VELVET POUCH OR ORIGINAL BOX. The item “RARE ANTIQUE EARLY MARIUS HAMMER GILDED SILVER & ENAMEL COLLAR & BROOCH PARURE” is in sale since Tuesday, October 27, 2020. This item is in the category “Jewellery & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewellery\Vintage Fine Jewellery\Victorian (1837-1901)”. The seller is “sue4878″ and is located in Dunfermline. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Norway
- Type: Collar & Brooch Parure
- Metal: Gilded Silver
- Designer: Marius Hammer
