Thursday, January 27, 2011

Romantic ANTIQUE Jewelry for VALENTINES Days... HEARTS!!!!

Sterling Silver Charms

English Enamel Watch Faces


Sterling Silver Hearts



Sterling Silver Baby Rattles




Art Nouveau Beauty Mirror





Bronze cut-out Heart




French Guilloche Enamel on Sterling Silver


A bientot!
Lynn
For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:
Studio now open by appointment!
(714) 310-0702
Lynn Konrad
8422 Crane Circle
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646

Friday, January 7, 2011

Antique STERLING Silver DESCENT From the Cross Medal HISTORY


See Medal #7




We are pleased to be able to offer many Antique Religious medals cast in Sterling Silver.

One in particular has a very interesting history....
Descent from the Cross.



Rosso Fiorentino (1521, Volterra Cathedral)The Descent from the Cross (Greek: Ἀποκαθήλωσις, Apokathelosis), or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels' accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion (John 19:38-42). In Byzantine art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in the West from the 10th century. The Descent from the Cross is the 13th Station of the Cross.



Other figures not mentioned in the Gospels who are often included in depictions of this subject include St. John the Evangelist, who is sometimes depicted supporting a fainting Mary (as in the work below by Rogier van der Weyden), and Mary Magdalene. The Gospels mention an undefined number of women as watching the crucifixion, including the Three Marys, (Mary Salome being mentioned in Mark 15:40), and also that the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene saw the burial (Mark 15:47). These and further women and unnamed male helpers are often shown. [1]

Rogier van der Weyden. The Descent from the Cross. (c.1435) Oil on oak panel, 220 x 262 cm Museo del Prado, MadridEven in early depictions the details and posing of the composition, and especially the position of Christ's body, are varied. The scene was usually included in medieval cycles of the Life or the Passion of Christ, between the Crucifixion and the Entombment of Christ. The Lamentation of Christ, or Pieta, showing the body of Christ held by Mary, may intervene between these two, and is common as an individual image, especially in sculpture. The Bearing of the body, showing Christ's body being carried to his tomb, and the Anointing of Christ's body, showing the body laid flat on the top of the tomb or a similarly-shaped "anointing-stone" are other scenes that may be shown. This last is especially important in Orthodox art, where it is shown on the Epitaphios.

With the Renaissance the subject became popular for altarpieces, partly because of the challenges of the composition, and the suitability of its vertical shape. The Mannerist version of Rosso Fiorentino is usually regarded as his most important work, and Pontormo's altarpiece is perhaps his most ambitious work. The subject was painted several times by both Rubens and Rembrandt, who repeated one of his paintings (now in Munich) in a large print, his only one to be mainly engraved, as well as making two other etchings of the subject.



A bientot!
Lynn

For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:
www.FrenchAtHeart.com


Studio now open by appointment!
(714) 310-0702

Lynn Konrad
8422 Crane Circle
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646

Lynn@FrenchAtHeart.com

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Shipment of Antique FRENCH Meerschaum's on the Way!!!


We just purchased a new lot of Eight French Meerschaum's from the 1800's that are on the way.


We will be making more "One of a Kind" necklaces similar to the ones on our site.


Please see the latest selection above.


You may reserve one today and we will create your custom Necklace!


Please inquire...


A bientot!
Lynn

For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:
http://www.frenchatheart.com/


Studio now open by appointment!
(714) 310-0702

Lynn Konrad
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646

Lynn@FrenchAtHeart.com

Monday, January 3, 2011

STERLING Silver ANTIQUE Calling Card Cases PURSES Coin PURSES Jewelry



Repousse Card Case



Opera Purse




Lourdes Cigarette Case




Sterling Silver Coin Purse/Card Case





We are pleased to be able to offer a fine selection of antique Calling card case, Cigarette cases, Opera Purses and Coin Purses from Europe.


Lynn
For Artisan Jewelry and French antiques, please visit us at:
Studio now open by appointment!
(714) 310-0702
Lynn Konrad
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646