Item number: X3

Year: AD 1920–1935

Material: Silver

Size: 30.2 x 28.4 x 10.0 mm

Weight: 12.25 g

Provenance: Private Collector, UK, 2017

This sterling silver brooch, marked 925 with the maker’s initials THF, dates to the interwar Art Deco period (circa 1920–1935) and was likely produced in France for export to the British market. The brooch depicts a rhythmic procession of stylised deer or gazelles, their elongated forms and simplified anatomy reflecting the Art Deco movement’s emphasis on elegance, motion, and modern abstraction. The use of 925 silver rather than French state assay marks is characteristic of French export jewellery of the period, while the tubular hinge and pin construction further support an early 20th-century date. Animal motifs such as this were especially popular in French decorative arts between the wars, symbolising grace and vitality in a rapidly modernising world.

物件編號: X3

年代: 公元 1920–1935

材質: 銀

尺寸: 30.2 x 28.4 x 10.0 mm

重量: 12.25 g

來源: 英國私人收藏 2017

此件純銀胸針標示 925 並刻有製作者縮寫 THF，年代可追溯至兩次世界大戰之間的裝飾藝術（Art Deco）時期，約西元 1920–1935 年，極可能為法國製作並外銷至英國市場。胸針以一組節奏感鮮明的風格化鹿或瞪羚為主題，其修長的比例與簡化的造型，體現了裝飾藝術運動對優雅、動感與現代抽象美學的追求。使用 925 銀標而非法國國家檢驗印記，為當時法國外銷銀飾的典型特徵；其管狀鉸鍊與針扣結構亦支持其為 20 世紀初期製作。動物主題在戰間期的法國裝飾藝術中尤為流行，象徵著在迅速現代化世界中的生命力與優雅氣質。