Brooding Swan; Emblem of the county Stormann, probably Copenhagen to 1700-1705. Baroque pearl, little pearl, gold, enamel, rubies, diamonds; 4.2 x 7.5 x 5.0 cm. Inventory number: VI 83 g. Green Vault © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 2016

August the Strong had the largest collection of Perlfiguren what sheds light on the special preference of this monarch for those intimate testimonies of exquisite jewelery. With a total of 57 Perlpretiosen the Green Vault therefore has still the largest population of this species. The attribution of Perlfiguren to certain goldsmithing is often difficult, so also in the case of "brooding swan" which listed for the first time in a specification of 1706 becomes. This lists a number of valuables that have been spent in view of the massive threat of the Swedish army in the Northern War to pledge to Hamburg and until 1714 triggered again. The white swan in the early Pretiosen collection of Augustus the strong is thus detectable, makes itself known by the golden crown around his neck as the emblem of the then Kingdom of Denmark to related county Stormarn. A very similar Perlfigur (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen) was owned by Princess Charlotte Amalie, the daughter of King Frederik IV. Of Denmark.It is possible that at Dresdner preciousnesses to an ingenious gift Frederiks to his cousin and ally Augustus the Strong, which it went to the Kingdom during the Northern War also the firmer connection of Holstein parts of the country.