Hanger van zilver met drie bloeiende fuchsia's c. 1930 - 1950

Carel Theulings made this silver pendant with three fuchsia blooms. It’s such a delicate and beautiful piece! Look at the way Theulings has captured the fuchsia’s drooping flowers, each one a little bell of silver, and how they’ve used the silver wire to suggest the texture of the petals and leaves. I wonder if Theulings was thinking about the tradition of flower painting. It's like taking a still life and making it wearable. It’s so cool how artists can be in conversation with each other through time, riffing off ideas, inspiring each other. There’s something really appealing about the handcrafted nature of this piece. You can imagine the artist carefully bending and shaping each piece of silver. The subtle imperfections and irregularities that give it so much character.