Group of Antique Aragonite Jewelry


Circa 1900Karlovy Vary, Czech RepublicHand-fabricated during the height of the tourist era in Karlovy Vary, these charming items of personal adornment incorporate local aragonite which was formed from the deposition of mineral rich waters from the thermal springs. The aragonite mosaic is accented with Russian malachite and Idar-Oberstein agates. Included are a wax seal, one brooch, two pendants and one powder box. German tourists to the region during the late 19th/early 20th Centuries would no doubt have purchased such souvenir items as remembrances of their visit to the therapeutic baths of Karlsbad. (5)
|Provenance: Purchased from Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles, Natural History, June 3, 2007, Sale 14798, Lot 3529.