Art Nouveau Gold-Tone Choker Necklace with Aquamarine Paste feed-agegroup-adult and in the Edwardian era

and in the Edwardian era they were popular motifs among country sportsmen and nature lovers

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Walter Schluep (1931-2016) trained in Switzerland as a jeweller and diamond setter

it has one of the most incredible settings for the stones

silvery sparkle and graceful drop

Art Nouveau Gold-Tone Choker Necklace with Aquamarine Paste feed-agegroup-adult and in the Edwardian eraA beautiful Art Nouveau choker, likely of Austro Hungarian origin and possibly made in Prague. Prague was a major centre of Nouveau design at the turn of the century. The openwork panels display the classic whiplash lines and organic curves of the movement, almost echoing Alphonse Muchas flowing hair motifs and the stylised botanical forms seen throughout Central European decorative arts. Each panel is set with a soft aqua blue paste stone, mimicking