Lot Essay
Christie's Geneva, Magnificent Jewels, 14 November 1985, lot 422 sold for SFr. 176,000 US$ 81,480
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Details
AN ART DECO NATURAL AND CULTURED PEARL AND DIAMOND NECKLACE
The fringe necklace designed as a series of pavé-set and baguette-cut diamond plaques suspending thirteen natural and four cultured drop-shaped pearls to the circular and baguette-cut diamond back, circa 1930, 44.0 cm long, with French assay mark for platinum
Accompanied by report no. 46682 dated 10 July 2006 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that thirteen pearls are natural saltwater pearls and that four pearls (including the central pearl) are cultured saltwater pearls
The fringe necklace designed as a series of pavé-set and baguette-cut diamond plaques suspending thirteen natural and four cultured drop-shaped pearls to the circular and baguette-cut diamond back, circa 1930, 44.0 cm long, with French assay mark for platinum
Accompanied by report no. 46682 dated 10 July 2006 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that thirteen pearls are natural saltwater pearls and that four pearls (including the central pearl) are cultured saltwater pearls
Literature
Françoise Cailles, Merveilleuses Perles: Répertoire Raisonné des Perles Célèbres (Venice 2006), plate 138