A necklace of Fer de Berlin (\u201cBerlin iron\u201d), signed: Geiss a Berlin, Germany, circa 1820-1830.
\nFer de Berlin jewelry came into fashion during the early 1800s when Prussia needed to finance its war against Napoleon. The Prussians were asked to turn in their gold jewelry to raise funds for the war. They were given iron jewelry in return. Rare pieces are inscribed with \u201cIch gab Gold fur Eisen\u201d (I gave gold for iron). Berlin iron was sand-cast and then lacquered black.
\nBerlin iron jewelry followed the Neoclassical style of the 1800s but by the 1830\u2019s it followed the fashion Gothic revival like this necklace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A necklace of Fer de Berlin (\u201cBerlin iron\u201d), signed: Geiss a Berlin, Germany, circa 1820-1830. Fer de Berlin jewelry came into fashion during the early 1800s when Prussia needed to finance its war against Napoleon. The Prussians were asked to turn in their gold jewelry to raise funds for the war. They were given iron […]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1218,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"product_cat":[28,31,345],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8144","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-archive","7":"product_cat-necklaces-pendants","8":"product_cat-sold","9":"pa_period-georgian-en","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n