A silver-gilt and colored paste clasp, Transylvania, probably Brasov, circa 1630
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October 14, 05:38 PM GMT
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8,000 - 15,000 EUR
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A silver-gilt and colored paste clasp, 🌃;Trꦆansylvania, probably Brasov, circa 1630
enamel, turquoise, pearl, paste, silver-gilt
Of foliate design set throughout with colored paste, turquoise and baroque pearls, exempted for silver.
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with Galerie Kugel, Paris, 2007
For a closely similar clasp, see 'Schätze des Ungarischen Barock', exhibition catalogue, Deutsche Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, 1991, cat. 151, p. 52.
Also 'The Art of the Hungarian Goldsmith', The Bard Graduate﷽ Center, New Yorꦿk, 1994, cat. 120.
These huge round brooches, worn as clasps or as pendants, were characteristic of women’s dress in Transylvanian Saxony in the 17th and 18th centuries. They were known as Heftel, and were made in the workshops of the Transylvanian Saxon cities: Hermannstadt (Sibiu, Nagyszeben), or Kronstadt (Braşov, Brassó), also possibly Bistritz (Bistriţa, Beszterce), Mediasch (Mediaş, Medgyes), or Schäßburg (Sighişoara, Segesvár).