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Featured Jeweler: Helen Serras-Herman
Lot 1326
Published Piece: Yowah Matrix Opal, Hemimorphite and Sapphire Necklace and Earrings—"Earth & Sky"
27 May 2010, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$6,000 - US$8,000
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Find your local specialistPublished Piece: Yowah Matrix Opal, Hemimorphite and Sapphire Necklace and Earrings—"Earth & Sky"
Designed and fabricated by Helen Serras-Herman
From her theme series Passion for Opals this unusual necklace features a carved Australian Yowah matrix opal, weighing approximately 90.0 carats, accented with four circular faceted blue-green Montana sapphires, together weighing approximately 0.58 carats, set in a cast 14K yellow enhancer entitled Gold Faces created with the lost wax process. The 8-strand torsade necklace is composed of large and small green hemimorphite beads alternating with boulder opal beads from Koroit, Australia, completed by a 14K yellow toggle clasp, signed with monogram HSH for Helen Serras-Herman, length 18 in.
From her theme series Passion for Opals this unusual necklace features a carved Australian Yowah matrix opal, weighing approximately 90.0 carats, accented with four circular faceted blue-green Montana sapphires, together weighing approximately 0.58 carats, set in a cast 14K yellow enhancer entitled Gold Faces created with the lost wax process. The 8-strand torsade necklace is composed of large and small green hemimorphite beads alternating with boulder opal beads from Koroit, Australia, completed by a 14K yellow toggle clasp, signed with monogram HSH for Helen Serras-Herman, length 18 in.
Footnotes
Published in: The ArtBook of the New West Magazine Fall/ Winter 2006, "Helen Serras-Herman, Artist Profile", article by Dr. Lew Deitch, p.64

