The London Sale At Christie’s: Please Sir…May I Have Some More?
June 4th, 2009On Wednesday, June 10, 2009, Christie’s London will be selling vintage pieces that would easily fill the jewelry casket of my dreams. Names like Cartier, Bulgari, Chaumet, and Van Cleef & Arpels are among the offerings. The e-catalogue makes for excellent reading; the new online software is a pleasure to navigate, and environmentally friendly too. You can view it here.
In the meantime, I’d like to present a few highlights:
pavé-set old-cut diamond leaf canopy suspending a graduated fringe of diamond trails with six pear-shaped diamond drops, mounted in silver and gold, brooch circa 1860, diamond drops late 18th century.
A little teaser: the large diamonds in this brooch may have a connection to Marie Antoinette…
GEORGE III DIAMOND EAR PENDANTS, mounted in silver, circa 1800
Sigh…I wish I were in London to give these a try…
AN ANTIQUE SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND TIARA, circa 1850, mounted in silver and gold. This is one ornament in a suite of jewels.
Notice the foliate and florals — and the color of those sapphires!
Art Deco, diamond pendant, 44.14 fancy yellow circular diamond and calibre-cut onyx, circa 1925
According to Christie’s, this is the largest of this shape ever offered by the auction house.
