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Hemmerle emerald and tsavorite tassel earrings.

These earrings aren’t really my usual style but I find it impossible to look away from them.

Glamorous Hemmerle emerald and tsavorite tassel earrings.

Just look at those luscious, verdant tassels. They’re like a forest. I bet they’re perpetually cool to the touch.

These two tiny masterpieces are the work of renowned contemporary jeweler, Hemmerle. The dome-shaped surmounts are adorned with vivid, circular-cut tsavorites set in rose gold. The surmounts each suspend a tassel of graduated emerald beads. The two tassels weigh approximately 103.04 carats and mounted in copper.

I wonder what they look like on the ear – do the tassels dangle directly beneath the earlobe, or hang in front of it? I’d love to see a picture of these being worn.

These glorious earrings are currently for sale at FD Gallery, listing available via 1stdibs. All images and info are thanks to FD Gallery and 1stdibs.

 

Gold, sapphire and diamond bangle, Buccellati.

This is one of my favorite Buccellati bracelets.

Gold, sapphire and diamond bangle, Buccellati. Via Diamonds in the Library.

Just look at those colors, those details. It’s perfect.The slightly tapered satin-finished cuff decorated at the front with a series of pierced motifs set with oval sapphires and highlighted with brilliant-cut diamonds. The bracelet is signed Buccellati, Italy, Italian assay marks.

Detail - Gold, sapphire and diamond bangle, Buccellati. Via Diamonds in the Library.

To see other work by Buccellati, check out the other Buccellati pieces I’ve featured on here and on my Buccellati Pinterest board.

This bracelet was listed in Sotheby’s  November 2012 Magnificent Jewels sale. All images and info are thanks to Sotheby’s.

Full and detail views of a gold, sapphire and diamond bangle by Buccellati. Via Diamonds in the Library.

Three Fabergé emerald and diamond rings.

The amazing Fabergé emerald rings you’re about to see come from Fabergé’s Solyanka collection, a collection with a very cool story behind it:

“This collection of majestic single stone rings, each set with a spectacular coloured stone in an exquisitely refined diamond mount, is inspired by the story of the Solyanka treasure, a hoard of original Fabergé jewels discovered in 1990 in an old Moscow mansion at 13 Solyanka Street.

The jewels, of platinum, gems and pearls, many still with their Fabergé price tags attached, were found inside two battered, old candy tins, wrapped in decayed pre-Revolutionary posters. The Moscow mansion had once been owned by a wealthy merchant, connoisseur, and Fabergé client, known as the ‘Sugar King’. As the Russian Revolution took hold, the jewels were carefully hidden in a wall, under a windowsill, only to be discovered once again so many years later during renovation of the mansion.”

Fabergé Solyanka emerald ring. Centered by a 13.73 carat emerald and featuring 14 baguette diamonds and 251 round diamonds totalling 5.62 carats. Via Diamonds in the Library.

First we have the Fabergé Solyanka emerald ring. This gorgeous piece is centered by a rare and beautiful 13.73 carat emerald. The ring itself is highly embellished, with stylised swags and finely tapered baguette drapes on all sides, with impeccably cut and set tapered square cut diamonds at the sides and inside edges of the shank also rimmed with diamonds. This piece is set in platinum and features 14 baguette diamonds and 251 round diamonds totalling 5.62 carats.

The Fabergé Solyanka cabochon emerald and diamond ring. Centered by a 14.50ct cabochon-cut emerald, set in platinum and set with 263 white diamonds. Via Diamonds in the Library.This is perhaps the most opulent of the three Fabergé emerald and diamond ring, the Solyanka cabochon emerald and diamond ring. It is centered by a 14.50ct cabochon-cut emerald, set in platinum and featuring 263 white diamonds. The emerald was ethically sourced from Gemfields’ Zambian mines. It is a doozy of a ring, to put it lightly. This piece recently appeared on the red carpet on the hand of the lovely Naomi Watts at the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Naomi Watts at the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards, wearing a Marchesa gown, classic Fabergé Clover earrings and the Fabergé Solyanka Emerald Cabochon ring. Via Diamonds in the Library.You’re doing it right, Naomi Watts. This is what your celebrity powers are for. And for ring #3:

The Fabergé Solyanka Vera ring. The center stone is an ethically mined 8.27ct Gemfields cushion-cut emerald set in 18ct white gold and surrounded by 129 diamonds for a total diamond weight of 1.81ct. Via Diamonds in the Library.

This is the Fabergé Solyanka Vera ring. It is the most delicate of the three, and it might be my personal favorite of the trio. The ring is named for Vera Kharitonenko, the widow of the Sugar King, in whose Moscow mansion in Solyanka Street, the hoard of Fabergé jewels was found in 1990. The center stone is an ethically mined 8.27ct Gemfields cushion-cut emerald. It’s set in 18ct white gold and surrounded by 129 diamonds for a total diamond weight of 1.81ct.

These Fabergé emerald and diamond rings are currently available through Fabergé. All images and info in this post are thanks to Fabergé and The Jewellery Editor.

 Fabergé's Solyanka cabochon emerald and diamond ring. Centered by a 14.50ct cabochon-cut emerald, set in platinum and set with 263 white diamonds. Via Diamonds in the Library.Three fabulous Fabergé emerald and diamond rings. Three stunning emerald and diamond rings by Fabergé

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