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Precious Treasures from Pforzheim’s Jewellery Museum in London Exhibition marking Wartski’s 160th anniversary

Article  /  Exhibiting   History   Curating   Collecting
Published: 30.09.2025
Precious Treasures from Pforzheim’s Jewellery Museum in London Exhibition marking Wartski’s 160th anniversary.
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Brooch: Octopus and Butterfly by Wilhelm Lukas von Cranach.Gold, pearls, diamond, rubies, amethyst, topaz, enamel.. 1900.9.9 cm Long.Photo by: Günther Meyer.Part of: Pforzheim Jewellery Museum.Origin: Berlin
. Execution Louis Werner.
. Schmuckmuseum dialogue piece to Max Ernst’s frontispiece of La dame Ovale by Leonora Carrington.. Wilhelm Lukas von Cranach
Brooch: Octopus and Butterfly, 1900
Gold, pearls, diamond, rubies, amethyst, topaz, enamel.
9.9 cm Long
Photo by: Günther Meyer
Part of: Pforzheim Jewellery Museum
Origin: Berlin
Execution Louis Werner.
Schmuckmuseum dialogue piece to Max Ernst’s frontispiece of
La dame Ovale by Leonora Carrington.

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The exhibition brings together high-calibre loans from numerous public institutions, including the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Musée Lalique, as well as selected objects from private collections. Pforzheim’s Jewellery Museum is also represented with five precious exhibits: a brooch by Lucien Falize, which was very unusual in 1858 due to its aluminium material, two brooches by the innovator of jewellery art, René Lalique – and the Poisson breast ornament by Georges Fouquet, on permanent loan from the Sparkasse Pforzheim Calw Art Foundation, as well as the most spectacular piece of German Art Nouveau jewellery, the Octopus and Butterfly brooch by Lucas Wilhelm von Cranach.


Brooch: Gold, aluminium, Lapis lazuli, Lucien Falize, France, 1858. Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
Photo Petra Jaschke.



We are delighted to be represented in London with these outstanding pieces, which also pay tribute to Wartski's 160th anniversary, explains museum director Friederike Zobel.

The exhibition impressively shows how the brooch has developed over time from a practical clothing fastener to an independent work of art. With this exhibition, Wartski is making a mark in its long history as an internationally renowned jeweller and collector, and the Jewellery Museum, with its loans, is part of this international dialogue on jewellery art.


Opening times: From 1st to 12th October, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (including Sundays).
Wartski, 60 St. James’s Street, London SW1A 1 LE