Warning: sit down before looking at this ring. It’s a knee-weakener.
We’ve talked about Cathy Waterman before – this is one of hers. To be specific, it comes from the Cathy Waterman “Love of my Life” collection, although this particular piece is no longer produced or sold in stores.
The setting is 22 karat gold, embellished with 106 round brilliant cut diamonds making up a total diamond weight of 1.50 carats. The amethyst, 21mm x 15mm, weighs 24 carats.
This ring bigger and bolder than what I generally expect from Waterman, but the embellishment on the stetting, especially on the sides, shows the delicate, organic detail that makes me think of her work.
This ring is for sale at Fortrove, listing available via 1stdibs. Thanks to Fortrove and 1stdibs for the images and info.
Gem-set and diamond earrings, Michele della Valle.
I have a great appreciation for Michele della Valle’s exuberant use of color.
To put it simply, these earrings rock. The color combination, of the polished sapphires, emeralds, and tourmaline drops is both fabulous and unexpected. The gems are perfectly accentuated by the brilliant-cut diamond details.
These earrings were listed in Sotheby’s November 2012 Magnificent Jewels sale. All images and info are thanks to Sotheby’s.
Art Deco diamond and multi-gem wave bracelet by Rubel Freres.
This piece is really something special. (Someday I’ll have to go back through all of my posts and find out how many times I’ve said that.)
You have to agree with me this time, though. This is an extraordinary bracelet. Look at the pattern, how it mimics a top and bottom layer of gemstones, with the top layer receding to show what’s beneath. It takes a great mind to come up with this and a master jeweler to create it. Incredible design, impeccably executed.
This bracelet, described by Christie’s as a “wave” bracelet, was created by Rubel Freres in 1925.
This Art Deco beauty has a wide articulated band designed as an old European and circular-cut diamond undulating upper panel, set with five pierced flowers. Each flower in this upper layer is bezel-set with a pear-shaped diamond pistil and calibré-cut black onyx stems and detail. The upper layer is further enhanced by buff-top emerald accents. Framing the upper layer is the lower layer, with calibré-cut emeralds, rubies and sapphires depicting a floral scene, mounted in platinum.
This bracelet was sold as part of Christie’s October 21, 2009 Rare Jewels sale. All images and info are thanks to Christie’s.
And the fun’s not over! Fabulous blogger Natalie of Jewels du Jour just featured a stunning photo of this bracelet on her blog, and I couldn’t resist editing this post to include it. I think you can see why:
Amazing, isn’t it? From this angle, you can really get a sense of the texture and dimensionality of the bracelet. Sigh. I love it even more than I did before.
