A rare silver gilt, paste and gem-set collar necklace,
Lot 14
A rare silver gilt, paste and gem-set collar necklace,
circa 1920
Sold for £ 4,320 (US$ 5,740) inc. premium

Fine Jewellery

21 Apr 2010, 14:00 BST

London, New Bond Street
Lot Details
A rare silver gilt, paste and gem-set collar necklace, circa 1920
The openwork collar of neo-Gothic gilded tracery, set to the centre with a row of red paste and silver Tudor roses, the largest to the centre within a quatrefoil frame, suspending a graduating fringe of smokey and rose quartz crystals, each with a cap of stylised foliate and beadwork decoration, alternating with lapis lazuli beads and drop-shaped pendants, unmarked, length 44.5cm., handmade fitted case

Footnotes

  • This necklace is comparable to the work of the 20th century British jeweller, Sah Oved (1900-1983) who was responsible for some of the most original and striking designs created before the Second World War. Of particular note is the pioneering use of rough crystals which was also a feature of Sah's early work. The silver leaves set with red paste are similar in execution to those on a silver cross, made by Sah Oved, around 1920 and illustrated in the photograph above.

    See Bonhams catalogue, Fine Jewellery, London, 6 April 2006, lot 136, and Bonhams catalogue, Signature Styles, 6 December 2007, lots 7 and 8, for jewels set with rough crystals, by Sah Oved, made during the 1930s.
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