Lot 716 Dα

An 18k gold heart pendant with Moretti

Custom-made piece using yellow and white gold. Designed as a heart suspended from a hinged hanging loop. Set with 14 brilliant-cut diamonds (in total ca. 1.30 ct, H/I, vvs-vs), an emerald, and an oval sapphire. Attached male and female busts of two Nubians carved from onyx, the turbans and collars with filigree decor and tightly set with emerald and sapphire cabochons and 25 old-, brilliant-, and 8/8-cut diamonds (diamonds in total ca. 1.80 ct). One of a kind piece. Stamped: Fineness 750 and maker's mark "GH" (to the hanging loop), Italy K 18 "CORLETTO" (left Moretto). Total H ca. 7 cm. Total weight 46.4 g.
Hemmerle, Munich, using two Venetian Moretti.