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MELLERIO DITS MELLER SET OF LATE 19TH CENTURY SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND JEWELLERY
Comprising a necklace and a pair of earrings
Oval and cushion-shaped sapphires, old-cut diamonds, silver and 18k yellow gold (French marks), necklace pendants detachable, 1870s, maker's marks (Mellerio on the earrings; Hippolyte Hallet on the necklace)
SSEF, 2018, report no. 99380: 46 sapphires, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) except seven Burma (Myanmar) and four Basaltic deposit, no indications of heating except three sapphires heated, with Appendix letter attesting the rarity of this set
Size/Dimensions: necklace 38.5 cm long; earrings 5.0 cm high
Gross weight: 250.7 grams
Comprising a necklace and a pair of earrings
Oval and cushion-shaped sapphires, old-cut diamonds, silver and 18k yellow gold (French marks), necklace pendants detachable, 1870s, maker's marks (Mellerio on the earrings; Hippolyte Hallet on the necklace)
SSEF, 2018, report no. 99380: 46 sapphires, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) except seven Burma (Myanmar) and four Basaltic deposit, no indications of heating except three sapphires heated, with Appendix letter attesting the rarity of this set
Size/Dimensions: necklace 38.5 cm long; earrings 5.0 cm high
Gross weight: 250.7 grams
Provenance
Commissioned by Louis Eugène Henri Marie (1854 - 1918), 9th Prince de Ligne for the wedding of his daughter, Princess Marie Suzanne Marguerite Louise de Ligne (1885 - 1971) and Prince Alexander of Thurn and Taxis (1881 - 1937), 1st Duke of Castel Duino.
Then gifted to their son, Prince Don Raimondo of Thurn and Taxis (1907 - 1986), 2nd Duke of Castel Duino, who married Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark (1910 - 1989).
Later inherited by Prince Carlo Alessandro of Thurn and Taxis, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino.
Sotheby's, Geneva, 11 May 2010, lot 375
Then gifted to their son, Prince Don Raimondo of Thurn and Taxis (1907 - 1986), 2nd Duke of Castel Duino, who married Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark (1910 - 1989).
Later inherited by Prince Carlo Alessandro of Thurn and Taxis, 3rd Duke of Castel Duino.
Sotheby's, Geneva, 11 May 2010, lot 375
Literature
Meylan, V., Mellerio dits Meller, Joaillier des Reines, Paris, Éditions SW Télémaque, 2013, p. 213
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