Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Entwurf frühe 1930er Jahre, wohl zeitgleiche Ausführung - Designed and presumably made in the early 1930s
The jewellery was usually made by a combination of machine and hand
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, 130
Details
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.
