A Bavarian Charivari from the middle of the 20th century. A beautiful piece of historical Bavarian folk art jewelry, a real collector's item. A charivari is a traditional piece of Bavarian costume jewelry. It is worn by men on the bib of their traditional leather pants. The charivari was used as jewelry or as a talisman for a successful hunt and is a valuable status symbol for the wearer. This example is quite heavy and robust and features fifteen rare pieces of jewelry: one fox teeth, two rock crystal, one shaped as a tooth and mounted in a silver bear head, two different shaped onyx stones, one mounted in a silver bear head, a silver pretzel, a small silver hammer, a silver bird claw, a silver Edelweiss, a silver coin with the 'König Ludwig II' design, a stunted horns ("Kümmerer") and a wild boar tooth, a white flur and a onix ball mounted in a silver bird claw and a deer hoof.

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