If you’re in the mood for something simple today, you should go away now and come back later. I actually saw this diamond and ruby festoon necklace ages ago but lost the link, and I’ve been hunting for it ever since because I wanted to show it to you. Ready?
Made in 1860, this diamond and ruby festoon necklace is embellished with old mine cut diamonds and decorated with four old mine-cut diamond and ruby pierced bows, suspending an old mine and rose-cut diamond foliate swag, bezel-set with a series of cushion and oval-cut rubies, suspending a fringe of bezel-set pear-shaped diamonds and rubies, to the knife-edge collet-set diamond neckchain, mounted in silver-topped gold.
This diamond and ruby festoon necklace was sold as part of Christie’s October 21, 2009 Rare Jewels sale. All images and info are thanks to Christie’s.
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Goregous! Can you imagine the parties that necklace went to?? The stones are beautiful, and I love the touch of yellow gold around the rubies (becaus that really is the only way a ruby should be surrounded!) and contrast of the rhodium finish to the diamonds. Thanks for sharing!! I’d wear it for doing the dishes. Just sayin’ 🙂
I approve of how you dress to do your dishes. I would definitely do the same!