The highlight is on vintage jewelry at Christie’s Jewels On-line: The London Edit sale. Tiaras take centre stage in a set additionally encompassing brooches, necklaces and rings, in an eclectic mash-up of eras and types.
Jewels On-line: The London Edit
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Tiaras courting from the early twentieth century be a part of offbeat heaps together with a late-Nineteenth-century diamond and enamel cat brooch and an emerald, diamond and ruby speckled brooch.
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Elsewhere, an vintage Cartier colored sapphire and diamond flower brooch and an beautiful Van Cleef & Arpels flying butterfly necklace and brooch make a conventional foil for a diamond necklace with an internally flawless fancy yellow colored diamond.
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The Jewels On-line sale marks the primary look of Boucheron’s diamond tiara, which has remained in the identical aristocratic household because it was acquired within the early twentieth century. Diamonds additionally characterise one other tiara within the sale, circa 1900, which comes with fittings enabling it to be worn as a pendant, hatpin or brooch. A diamond and pearl tiara, courting from the identical interval, can be worn as a necklace.
Jewels On-line: The London Edit on-line public sale runs till 15 June 2023
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