Jewellery
In the art and antiques market, the jewellery category spans the millennia from ancient artefacts fit for Cleopatra herself to modern branded wares by famous French and American ateliers. This may include objects of significant intrinsic worth – valued for the gemstones and precious metals from which they were made – but also objects fashioned from more humble materials that are appreciated simply for the excellence of their design.
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From Albert to Victoria with love – a royal jewel saved for the nation
04 September 2017A sapphire and diamond coronet designed by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria in 1840 has been ’saved for the nation’ after its purchase for the London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Queen Victoria’s coronet to remain in UK after V&A Museum acquisition
29 August 2017A sapphire and diamond coronet designed by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria has been acquired by the V&A Museum. It was previously sold by a London dealer to an overseas buyer but was blocked from export by the government in 2015.
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19th century ‘Grand Tour’ necklace with Roman intaglios emerges at Cheshire auction
29 August 2017A fine example of Grand Tour jewellery comes up for sale at Peter Wilson of Nantwich this month.
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Medieval brooch is much loved by bidders at Hansons auction
28 August 2017Seven phone bidders competed for this 15th century gold heart-shaped brooch, a medieval gift of love from the time of the Wars of the Roses, at Hansons in Derbyshire.
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Grand Tour jewellery takes a trip to auction in Nantwich
23 August 2017A fine example of Grand Tour jewellery comes up for sale at Peter Wilson of Nantwich on September 13.
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Previews: £30,000 plus
14 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
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Core Arts & Crafts collection stolen
07 August 2017Thieves in Chipping Campden have struck at the core of the Court Barn Museum’s collection of Arts & Crafts silver and jewellery.
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Previews: £30,000 plus
24 July 2017Possibly made for a member of the French monarchy, this post-medieval gold ring combines the heraldic fleur-de-lis motif with blue kite-shaped sapphires.
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5 Questions: Charlotte Roper of Plaza Jewellery
17 July 2017Charlotte Roper – “strictly a champagne girl” – started Plaza Jewellery in the mid 1980s. She specialises in French and European jewellery with a particular focus on pieces from the 1940s-‘60s. Her upcoming fairs include the Cotswolds Decorative Fair.
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Police investigating £3m jewellery theft from art fair Masterpiece London
07 July 2017The Metropolitan Police are investigating claims of a £3m theft from art fair Masterpiece London.
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Diamond locket given to George IV's true love shines at Christie’s auction
07 July 2017A locket given to George IV’s true love was hammered down at £280,000 yesterday at Christie’s, more than doubling its high estimate.
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Focus on contemporary designers at auction
03 July 2017For previous generations of artist jewellers, from René Lalique to Andrew Grima, retail sales and private commissions were everything. Typically it was only much later in the collecting lifecycle, after a period of posthumous reassessment and rediscovery, that their work appeared at auction with any great regularity.
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Agate’s growing appeal
03 July 2017Dendritic agate – a pale chalcedony with treelike inclusions caused by traces of iron or manganese – is a relatively lowly stone but was a favourite of Russian jewellers in particular. Carl Fabergé used it in many pieces in a country where it is considered a stone of longevity, good health and prosperity.
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Jewellery auction previews
03 July 2017A selection of stand-out jewellery lots from regional auctions.
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Final flowering for Garden Museum
03 July 2017The collection of Tiffany jewels offered by Christie’s New York (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) on June 20 was the finest at auction in recent memory.
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A cluster of Nossiter results
03 July 2017Bonhams’ (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) sale in Knightsbridge on June 14 included a group of pieces attributed to the British Arts & Crafts jeweller and designer Dorrie Nossiter (1893-1977).
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Telling tales from Farouk to Thatcher
03 July 2017Stealing all the headlines at Sotheby’s (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) Fine Jewels sale in London on June 7 was the £540,000, 26ct ’tenner’ diamond, bought by the vendor at a boot fair in the 1980s. However, among the 370 lots were items with more illustrious provenances.
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Get ahead in the East with a tiara
03 July 2017Tiaras have enjoyed a surge in popularity in recent years, particularly in Russia and the Baltic States where jeans and a diamond fascinator are de rigueur at informal high-society events.
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Giuliano and the Indian influence
03 July 2017Indian design was a prolific influence in Carlo Giuliano’s style. Already seen at the 1851 Great Exhibition, interest in technicolour jewellery from the sub-continent rose to new levels when Victoria became Empress of India in 1876.
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Love detected in the East Riding
03 July 2017This medieval gold posy ring with a Lombardic inscription is a type that was common in England and France in the 13th and early 14th centuries. After around 1350, Gothic script became popular.
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