David-Andersen Sterling Silver Guilloche Enamel Large Butterfly

Description

View David-Andersen Sterling Silver Guilloche Enamel Large Butterfly with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. David-Andersen Sterling Silver Guilloche Enamel Butterfly The butterfly was the ultimate canvas for mid-century Scandinavian silversmiths, perfectly merging organic inspiration with extreme technical mastery.  Designers used the creature's natural symmetry to showcase their mastery of guilloche enameling, a technique involving precise, machine-engraved geometric patterns covered by translucent colored glass-like enamel The natural geometric symmetry, vivid colors, and the sheer beauty of a butterfly's wings fit cleanly into the minimalist and modernist aesthetics that silversmiths sought to showcase their craft. The symbolic resonance of the insect, metamorphosis, transformation and new beginnings, capturing the post WWII spirit of renewal. Turning local wildlife into high art by replicating the radiant, iridescent hues found in nature into wearable jewelry. Here for your consideration David-Andersen Sterling Silver Guilloche Exceptionally Colored Enamel Butterfly *In excellent condition Condition: Pre-owned - Good. Category: Jewelry & Watches › Vintage & Antique Jewelry › Brooches & Pins. Brand: David-Andersen.

Antique

No

Shape

Butterfly

Occasion

Birthday, Anniversary, Mother's Day

Metal

Sterling Silver

Secondary Stone

No Stone

Jewelry Department

Fine

Main Stone

No Stone

Vintage

Yes

Department

Women

Main Stone Shape

Butterfly

Base Metal

Silver

Number of Gemstones

1

Handmade

Yes

Seller Warranty

No

Signed

Yes

Color

Golden Spotted

Material

Sterling Silver and Enamel

Materials sourced from

Norway

Brand

David-Andersen

Type

Brooch

Metal Purity

925

Customized

No

Era

Retro (1935-1950)

Original/Reproduction

Original

Theme

Animals & Insects