Objects

Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed and made presumably in the early 1930s

Necklace made of four strands of nickel-plated brass, fixed in the centre, 8 ovoid pendants of red galalith with dark brown speckles, spring ring clasp. Made on machines and by hand.

A very rare necklace in four layers with red pendants reminiscent of rose hips.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed and made presumably in the early 1930s

Black galalite cubes and semispheres made of nickel-plated brass, spring ring clasp. Made on machines and by hand.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed and presumably made in the early 1930s

Triangular and trapezoidal discs of black and red galalith, rod chain of chrome-plated or nickel-plated brass, spring ring clasp. Manufactured on machines and by hand.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed and presumably made in the early 1930s

Double row necklace, nickel-plated brass, black galalith bars, barrel twist clasp. Made on machines and by hand.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed around 1930, presumably made in the same period

3 red galalith crescents with nickel-plated brass edging, nickel-plated brass spheres and rod chain, spring ring clasp. Made on machines and by hand.

A variant of this necklace can be found in the literature (ref. below)

Literature: Weber-Stöber, Christianne und Lindemann, Wilhelm, Jakob Bengel Oberstein - Von der Kunstindustrie zum Schmuckdesign, Arnoldsche, 2023, Fig. 65

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1930, presumably made in the same period

Chrome-plated or nickel-plated brass, spheres made of red and yellow galalith, spring ring clasp. Made on machines and by hand. Documented in the literature (ref. below).

Literature: Weber-Stöber, Christianne und Lindemann, Wilhelm, Jakob Bengel Oberstein - Von der Kunstindustrie zum Schmuckdesign, Arnoldsche, 2023, 44

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1931, presumably made in the same period

Brickwork structure, chrome-plated brass, partly lacquered in light blue and in black, spring-ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

Art Deco necklace with a cool festive sheen in the spirit of the avant-garde.

Literature: Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002, 106

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Jakob Bengel

Bracelet, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1931, presumably made in the same period

Brickwork bracelet, chrome-plated brass, partly lacquered in red and black, spring-ring clasp. Produced on machines and by handicraft.

The design is listed in the company's own pattern book and in the literature.

Literature: Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002, 104, 105

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1931, presumably realised in the same period

Nickel-plated brass, dark blue glass loops, spring ring clasp. Made on machines and by hand. Listed in the company's historical pattern book and in the literature (see below).

Spheres in nickel plated brass, glass loops in dark blue colour. Bengel-collection from 1931 as shown in the company's historical sample book and in the literature.

Literature: Lindemann, Wilhelm: Bengel Art Déco Schmuck - Schmuck und Industrie-Denkmal, Idar-Oberstein, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2007.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1931, presumably realised in the same period

Nickel-plated brass, light blue glass loops, spring ring clasp. Made on machines and by hand. Listed in the company's historical pattern book and in the literature (see below).

Literature: Lindemann, Wilhelm: Bengel Art Déco Schmuck - Schmuck und Industrie-Denkmal, Idar-Oberstein, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2007.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1932, presumably made in the same period

Spheres in nickel-plated brass, tubes in green galalith, metal plates, barrel clasp. Made on machines and by hand. Documented in the literature as a variant with longer galalith tubes, see below.

Literature: Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002, 166

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1932, presumably made in the same period

Necklace with pendant, nickel-plated brass, red glass, red galalith, black silk cord, screw clasp, produced on machines and by hand.

This model of a long necklace with silk cord and pendant is documented in the company's pattern book and in the literature (see ref. below)

Literature: Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002, 191

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1932, presumably made in the same period

8 light blue galalith rods (horn-shaped), pendant consisting of two smurf blue, triangular galalith plates with nickel-plated brass, chrome-plated or nickel-plated cube necklace, barrel twist clasp

This model is documented in the company's pattern book from 1932.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1932, presumably made in the same period

Five galalite spheres striped in yellow and black, six fluted rods and link chain in chrome-plated or nickel-plated brass, spring ring clasp. Made on machines and by hand.

This model is documented in the company's pattern book from 1932.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1933, presumably made in the same period

Nickel-plated brass, silk cord in light olive green. The jewellery was usually made by a combination of machine and hand.

This model of a long necklace with silk cord and pendant is documented in the company's pattern book and in the literature (see ref. below)

Literature: Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002, 220

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1933, presumably made in the same period

Six chrome-plated or nickel-plated wire curls, twisted in a wavy pattern and connected with a dark blue silk ribbon, screw clasp. Produced on machines and by hand. This model is documented in the company's pattern book.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1933, presumably made in the same period

Black silk cord strap combined with a cord chain and two small rollers made of chrome-plated or nickel-plated brass, barrel twist clasp. Made on machines and by hand.

This model is documented in the company's pattern book from 1933.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in 1933, presumably made in the same period

Nickel-plated brass, black galalith, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

This model is documented as a variant with additional silk cord in the company's pattern book and in the literature (see below).

Literature: Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002, 213

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Jakob Bengel

Bracelet, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Chrome-plated brass, partly red and black lacquered, spring ring clasp.

Bracelet in masonry structure as typical for the 1930s, partly red and black lacquering.

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

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Jakob Bengel

Bracelet, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Brass chrome plated, partly red and black lacquered, spring ring clasp. Made in a combination of machine and manual work.

Bracelet in masonry structure with three rhombuses. The design is from the Bengel collection of 1931. The design is listed in the company's own pattern book and in literature.

Literature: Lindemann, Wilhelm: Bengel Art Déco Schmuck - Schmuck und Industrie-Denkmal, Idar-Oberstein, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2007, 196
Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002, 105, 106

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Jakob Bengel

Bracelet, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Brickwork bracelet, chrome-plated brass, partly lacquered in light and dark green, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

The cool sheen of the chrome is characteristic for the machine age aesthetic and the fascination for technology.

Literature: Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002, 104, 105

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Jakob Bengel

Clip, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Nickel-plated brass, caramel-coloured galalith, clip closure. Produced on machines and by hand.

Modernist clip

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Chrome-plated brass, partially lacquered white and green, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

Small masonry necklace. Variant of a design by Bengel from 1932.

Literature: Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Chrome-plated brass, spring ring clasp, partly painted black and green. Produced on machines and by hand.

Small masonry necklace. Variant of a design by Bengel from 1932.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Nickel-plated brass, black and maroon coloured spheres in Galalith, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

Necklaces with large shiny spheres were worn around 1930 by female artists at the Bauhaus and the U.A.M. (Union des Artistes Modernes). Pictures exist of Otti Berger wearing her necklace or Charlotte Perriand sitting in her chaise longue with her self-designed ball chain, her "ball bearing".

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Black circular discs made of galalith, nickel plated brass, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

The Art Deco costume jewellery of Jakob Bengel was inspired by the German Bauhaus: necklace with clear geometric shapes combined with simple materials.

Literature: Lindemann, Wilhelm: Bengel Art Déco Schmuck - Schmuck und Industrie-Denkmal, Idar-Oberstein, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2007

0008128 JB

Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Brickwork structure, chrome-plated brass, partly lacquered in black, spring-ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

Art Deco necklace with a cool sheen in the spirit of the avant-garde.

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, 32, 104

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Long open necklace with two large spheres and two small spheres, nickel or chrome plated brass. The red sphere is made of galalith. Produced on machines and by hand.

The snake chain falls very softly and can even be knotted in various combinations.

0008115 JB

Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Nickel-plated brass, dark brown and wine-red galalith, screw clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

Snake chain with two dark brown, slightly reddish galalith spheres and a rectangular slider made of dark brown and dark red galalith. The length of the necklace is slightly asymmetrical and can be adjusted using the slider.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Nickel-plated brass, red and dark blue galalith, spring ring clasp. Made on machines and by hand.

Literature: Weber-Stöber, Christianne und Lindemann, Wilhelm, Jakob Bengel Oberstein - Von der Kunstindustrie zum Schmuckdesign, Arnoldsche, 2023

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Snake chain necklace made of nickel-plated brass, large ball of yellow galalith, spring ring clasp. Made on machines and by hand.

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Snake-chain necklace made of nickel-plated brass, three ovoid pendants made of transparent red galalith, spring ring clasp. Made on machines and by hand.

Literature: Weber-Stöber, Christianne und Lindemann, Wilhelm, Jakob Bengel Oberstein - Von der Kunstindustrie zum Schmuckdesign, Arnoldsche, 2023

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Jakob Bengel

Bracelet, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Bracelet in a woven structure with black and purple zigzag pattern. Chrome plated brass, partly lacquered in violet and black, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

A jewellery variation with a woven structure by Jakob Bengel is listed in the literature.

Literature: Lindemann, Wilhelm: Bengel Art Déco Schmuck - Schmuck und Industrie-Denkmal, Idar-Oberstein, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2007

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Jakob Bengel

Bracelet, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Bracelet in a woven structure with black and green zigzag pattern. Chrome plated brass, partly lacquered in green and black colour. Produced on machines and by hand.

A jewellery variation with a woven structure by Jakob Bengel is listed in the literature.

Literature: Lindemann, Wilhelm: Bengel Art Déco Schmuck - Schmuck und Industrie-Denkmal, Idar-Oberstein, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2007

0008125 JB

Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Tubes, large and small spheres of nickel plated brass and small spheres of red galalith, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

Necklaces with large shiny balls were worn around 1930 by female artists at the Bauhaus and the U.A.M. (Union des Artistes Modernes) - as shown on a picture of Otti Berger wearing her necklace and the famous picture of Charlotte Perriand sitting in her chaise longue with her self-designed ball chain, her "ball bearing".

Literature: Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002

0008115 JB

Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Maroon coloured spheres of galalith, spheres, tubes and spiral of nickel-plated brass, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

Necklace in the spirit of the avant-garde. It is characteristic for the machine age in materiality and design.

0008118 JB

Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Nickel-plated brass, black discs of galalith, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

Necklace in pure, geometric design. The design with its simplicity in form and materials was inspired by the German Bauhaus and the U.A.M. (Union des Artistes Modernes, France).

Literature: Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Light blue galalith, red beads (presumably galalith), chromed metal, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

Very similar designs from Jakob Bengel can be found in the company's pattern book.

Literature: Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Necklace with trapezoidal pendant, spheres and tubes. Made of orange and red galalith and chrome- and nickel-plated brass, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

An Art Deco necklace with a bright colourfulness for which the semi-synthetic material galalith was highly appreciated in the 1930s.

0008130 JB

Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Nickel-plated brass, galalith in apple-green and midnight-blue, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

The reduced form and simple materials reflect the ideas on the avant-garde movement by the Bauhaus and the French Union des Artistes Modernes (U.A.M.)

Literature: Weber, Christianne, Art Déco Schmuck - Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein / Germany, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2002, 130

0008132 JB

Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Necklace with a black, slightly curved tube made of black galalith, nickel plated brass, spring ring clasp. Produced on machines and by hand.

Simple materials were characteristic for the jewellery avant-garde in the 1920s to 1930s. Bauhaus and the French Union des Artistes Modernes (U.A.M.) also worked with new materials such as chrome or nickel plated brass.

Literature: Lindemann, Wilhelm: Bengel Art Déco Schmuck - Schmuck und Industrie-Denkmal, Idar-Oberstein, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2007

0008121 JB

Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Designed in the early 1930s, presumably made in the same period

Long necklace made of nickel-plated brass with two red cones made of galalith. Produced on machines and by hand.

The snake chain falls very softly and can be tied and varied at will with different knots.

Literature: Lindemann, Wilhelm: Bengel Art Déco Schmuck - Schmuck und Industrie-Denkmal, Idar-Oberstein, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2007, 11

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Jakob Bengel

Necklace, in-house design Jakob Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Presumably designed and made in the 1930s

Orange rings of galalith, spheres and tubes of chromed or nickel-plated brass, screw cap.

49 cm

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