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Necklace

Rothschild name tempts bidders
04 April 2022Provenance adds cachet to a varied selection offered in regional sale after London first dibs

Egyptian revival continues in Maidenhead
07 March 2022With the discovery of the intact tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923, an Egyptian revival swept through the decorative arts. Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels were among the first to design jewels that mixed Egyptian motifs with the geometry and bold colours of the Art Deco era. But other French, British and US ateliers soon followed.

Best of 'cut and paste' jewellery at Catherine Southon
07 March 2022Aided by the skills of the Alsatian jeweller Georges-Frédéric Strass (1701-77), the boundaries of what could be achieved with paste jewellery were pushed back in the 18th century.

De Temple revival on show at Edinburgh sale
07 March 2022The Select Jewellery & Watches sale at Lyon & Turnbull (25/20% buyer’s premium) on March 30 includes a number of pieces by the coterie of artist-craftsmen who led a revival of British jewellery making in the 1960s-70s. Like so much of post-war decorative arts, they have roared back into fashion.

A Civilotti jewel to rival Castellani
07 March 2022The Etruscan, Renaissance and Byzantine revival jewels made by the Civilotti family (Carlo, Antonio and Giuseppe) in Rome are less numerous and less well known than those of the Castellani dynasty.

Classic Castellani jewellery creates Boston bidding demand
20 December 2021This classic example of the archaeological revivalist techniques that were so fashionable in jewellery making in the second half of the 19th century was one of the top-selling lots at Skinner (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).

Four upcoming jewellery highlights including a necklace with a Duke of Wellington provenance
20 September 2021A selection of four upcoming jewellery lots including a necklace comprising 21 cameos and intaglios previously owned by the Duke of Wellington.

‘America’s finest gemstones’ make an appearance at Bonhams Los Angeles
20 September 2021Sapphire mining at the Yogo Gulch in Montana began in 1895 after a cigar box of pale blue gems picked from a creek by a local rancher found its way to Tiffany’s in New York, where an appraiser pronounced them “the finest precious gemstones ever found in the United States”.

Snake that speaks the language of jewellery
20 September 2021This Victorian snake necklace is one of the best of its kind to appear on the regional market in recent memory.

Art Deco necklace fetches new high for Fouquet
19 July 2021A quintessential example of avant-garde Art Deco jewellery by a French designer who was renowned for such modernist pieces was the toast of Christie’s (25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) online Jewellery sale in Paris which closed on July 7.

Happy birthdays for four generations
28 June 2021An episode of BBC Antiques Roadshow filmed at Windermere and broadcast in February included this 18ct gold and pearl necklace by HG Murphy.

Multi-gem necklaces: ‘Perfect for the enquiring mind’
12 April 2021A recent Fine Jewellery sale at Fellows (23% buyer’s premium) in Birmingham included an unusual Victorian necklace.

Once bitten: snake necklace brings demand at Chiswick Auctions
17 August 2020Far more fluent in the language of jewellery and stones, the Georgians and the Victorians would immediately have made the link between snakes and eternal love.

Necklace with Hollywood stardust features in our pick of five auction highlights this week
14 August 2020ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a gold, diamond and pearl necklace owned by the 1930s American film actress Mildred Shay.

Jewellery: Designs evoking the new expression of the early 20th century
29 June 2020Jewellery provided one of the great expressions of the Art Nouveau style. Here ATG reports on four exceptional items made in four different countries in the early years of the 20th century

Fringe benefits for Bromley diamonds
29 June 2020Among the many successful online-only jewellery auctions that took place during the lockdown was that held by Bromley-based saleroom Catherine Southon (18% buyer’s premium), writes John Benjamin.

Jewels of the Egyptian 12th Dynasty emerge in Cambridge sale
29 June 2020Archaeological discoveries were a continuous source of inspiration for jewellery in the 19th century. Ancient goldsmithing techniques were studied and relearned. Jewels found during excavations of Roman, Egyptian, Hellenistic and particularly Etruscan sites were copied or reinterpreted.

Natural topaz commands a premium at Barbara Kirk
30 March 2020Topaz in its natural state is a golden brown to yellow, a characteristic which means it is sometimes confused with the less valuable gemstone citrine.

Boston enjoys the Etruscan revival
30 September 2019Among the best known of Castellani’s essays in the archaeological revival style is this ‘Etruscan’ gold and glass grapevine pattern necklace.

Russian rarities from the McGills of Moscow bring interest at Gildings
30 September 2019A sale at Gildings in Market Harborough this month included 10 lots from the family of Albert and Nora McGill – influential industrialists credited with a key role in the founding of Russia’s cotton mill industry in the mid-19th century.

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