Schuwe
Schuwe , also Schuuf , is the regional name for a multi-part piece of jewelery typical of the Dutch- Lower Rhine border region. The Schuwe can be worn as a pin ( brooch ) or on a chain or a black velvet ribbon around the neck.
The piece of jewelery consists of a main element in geometric or floral filigree work . The basic shape can be cross-oval or crescent-shaped. Typical materials are Talmi- or rolled gold . Other elements can be from email . Pendants made of the same material can be attached to symmetrically attached eyelets, directly or to chains and spacers. Small pendants in the shape of acorns or hearts are typical. Catholic women wear a cross pendant or two cross pendants one below the other.
The Schuwe is a characteristic form of jewelry in the Dutch province of Limburg , from where it has spread to the Lower Rhine. It is similar to the Gadderke from the neighboring Westphalia region . It has been worn by wealthy married citizens and farmers since the first half of the 19th century.
Examples in form and use are pieces of jewelry from the baroque and rococo periods.
In Venray this jewelry is called Plak in dialect . There was a custom there that this jewelry was bought for the new farmer's wife on the farm, paid for from the income that was obtained from the sale of the first litter of piglets.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gislind M. Ritz, Helga Schmidt-Glassner: Age peasant jewelery. Callwey-Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7667-0383-8 , p. 85, fig. 65-67.
- ↑ plák. In: W. Schols, G. Linssen: Venrays woordenboek: woordenschat en gebruik van de Venrayse taal. Veldeke Venray, Venray 1998, ISBN 90-800674-2-3 .