An Italian 18k gold silver and diamond choker with faceted sapphires in rainbow colours. - image-1
An Italian 18k gold silver and diamond choker with faceted sapphires in rainbow colours. - image-2
An Italian 18k gold silver and diamond choker with faceted sapphires in rainbow colours. - image-1An Italian 18k gold silver and diamond choker with faceted sapphires in rainbow colours. - image-2

Lot 174 Dα

An Italian 18k gold silver and diamond choker with faceted sapphires in rainbow colours.

Auction 1243 - overview Cologne
14.05.2024, 15:00 - Jewellery and Watches
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 2.142 € (incl. premium)

An Italian 18k gold silver and diamond choker with faceted sapphires in rainbow colours.

Choker necklace formed from six strands of faceted round rainbow coloured sapphires and emeralds (diameter 4 mm). Connected by an Art Deco-style openwork buckle, with a corresponding rectangular clasp and eight rod shaped elements set with 130 small cognac-coloured brilliant-cut diamonds (ca. 1.95 ct in total). Hallmarks: Italian fineness 750, origin mark (mis-struck). L 37.5 cm. W 2.5 cm. Decorative buckle 3.5 x 2.4 cm.
Late 1980s/early 1990s.

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

Cf. Bennet/Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, 2011, p. 464, Plate 877. These Indian-inspired sapphire necklaces were very much in vogue at the turn of the 1980s/1990s.