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Lot 152 Dα

An 18k gold water melon tourmaline necklace

Auction 1158 - overview Cologne
12.11.2020, 14:00 - Jewellery and Gold Boxes
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €

An 18k gold water melon tourmaline necklace

Hand forged necklace formed from ornamentally twisted gold wires suspending 15 graduated polygonal watermelon tourmaline discs (c. 10.05 x 9.4 mm - c. 18.1 x 17.9 mm) in gold settings alternating with 14 drilled pearls (diameter 3.8 - 4.0 mm, not tested but described as Oriental pearls in the catalogue). Hallmarks: Fineness 750, maker's mark "ET". L 37 cm. Weight 87.14 g.
Elisabeth Treskow, Cologne, 1968 - 70.

According to the catalogue, Elisabeth Treskow only produced three of these necklaces with tourmaline discs.

Provenance

From the estate of Inca Bauer.

Exhibitions

Illus. in: Joppien, Elisabeth Treskow - Goldschmiedekunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Cologne 1990, p. 157, no. 239.