Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany | Early 1930s - Jakob Bengel Enthusiastic Approval, Heike Schmitz-Esser, jakob-bengel-art-deco-necklace-blue-galalith-1930s
Enthusiastic ApprovalHeike Schmitz-Esserjakob-bengel-art-deco-necklace-blue-galalith-1930s
Enthusiastic ApprovalHeike Schmitz-Esserjakob-bengel-art-deco-necklace-blue-galalith-1930s

Jakob Bengel

  • Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany | Early 1930s
  • Blue galalith, nickel-plated brass, spring ring clasp; machine-made and handcrafted
  • A necklace featuring clean, geometric lines, set with five dark blue, pentagonal galalith discs. The setting, comprising double metal tubes, and the shiny metallic chain links lend the necklace a distinctive Machine Age aesthetic. Literature: Lindemann, Wilhelm, Bengel Art Déco Schmuck - Schmuck und Industrie-Denkmal, Idar-Oberstein, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2007 Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002

L 20 cm (closed), L 40 cm (open)

W 3 cm (pendants)

D 0,5 cm (pendants)



Jakob Bengel jewellery from the 1930s does not bear a company mark. Attributions are based on the typical stylistic elements and materials, historical pettern books in the company archives, interviews with contemporary witnesses and literature.

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