MASCHER-ELS腟SER; EVA
1909 Halle/Saxony - 1993 Berg/Pfalz

GOLD-TOURMALINE-SET
Germany; ca. 1970

900/- yellow gold; beaten; silver; weight: Total: 65;0g. Brooch: 3;2 x 3;2-2;5cm; Ear pendants: L.ca. 4;0cm; Collier L.ca. 73;5cm. 6 tourmaline cuts; D.ca. 10;81 x 12;35mm - 19;54 x 19;67mm. Marker's make on verso of ear pendants; collier continuous; has no clasp.

Both Hildegard Risch and Eva Mascher-Els鋝ser are from Halle. They met each other while at the Arts and Crafts School in Burg Giebichstein and became close friends. In 1928; after a class trip to the British Museum in London they decided to focus on making jewellery. By 1927 thanks to support from Eva's father they founded their own workshop. Dr. Ulla St鰒er; executive director for the Gild Association (1945-1985) has written: "They overcame the general form and replaced it with subjective artistic beauty".

Cf. Experiment und Tradition; Schmuck und Ger鋞 von H. Risch und E. Mascher-Els鋝ser; Exhibition pamphlet Hamburg 2004; P. 11. For Tourmaline Drafts cf. ibid. Pg.29 Ill.21.Art trade; Van Ham.