Austrian Enamel Mozart Pendant
Charming miniature enamel portrait pendant depicting W.A. Mozart. Known affectionately as “Wolfie”, Mozart was a prolific composer and child prodigy. It’s said that by the age of four he could learn any song on the clavier in 30 minutes (probs not true) and he wrote his first opera, Apollo et Hyacinthus at age 11. His known works total more than 800.
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music, ushering in a new Classical era that saw a move away from the complex ornamentation and counterpoint - from the dignified seriousness and grandeur - of the Baroque. Mozart’s music is admired for its clarity and “melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture”. It's playful, full of tricks and surprises: he loved a joke, indeed, “A Musical Joke” (K522) contains out-of-tune passages, dissonance in the horns, parallel fifths, incorrect keys, and failed modulations. The work is considered satirical, "[its] harmonic and rhythmic gaffes serve to parody the work of incompetent composers" (although Wolfie isn’t on record admitting this).
Mozart claimed that he taught his pet starling to sing the opening of one of his piano concertos. For the last seven years of his life, Mozart was a Mason and the masonic order played an important role in his life and work. He died young in 1791, aged 35, and it is said that no mourners attended his burial in a common grave in Vienna.
The pendant is crafted in 14 carat yellow gold with Austrian assay marks stamped onto the bail. It dates from the late 1920s.
Era: Victorian, circa 1930
Size: 26.9mm by 12.5mm
Marks: Austrian marks for 14ct gold (585)
Condition: Great vintage condition
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[Last updated: September 15th, 2025]
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