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Serious sparkle: JB Star rings.

December 20, 2013

I must admit: I currently have a backlog of jewelry photos to show you. That means I met so much fabulous bling in 2013 that I’ve been unable to keep up with posting it. This is great news for everyone, because it means there more goodness to come.

Some weeks ago, I had the pleasure of an invitation from Mervis Diamonds to join them for a JB Star trunk show. I blocked off a morning and headed over, and I was very glad I did. JB Star’s fine jewelry is all handmade in New York and has a reputation for seriously impressive, expertly-cut and well-set stones.

JB Star rings often have large center stones, but they’re more than that. Just look at the detail on the side of this sapphire stunner.

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve been seeing some sneak previews of the JB Star rings I met there. I was particularly partial to the emeralds.

This ruby also had gorgeous side details, a delicate contrast to the bold overall design.

I also had the pleasure of trying on this paraiba tourmaline. The color of the paraiba wasn’t quite the breathtaking electric greenish blue of the Rina Limor paraiba earrings I fell for at JCK Privé NY, but it’s still a stunning stone.

Thought you might want to see big blue in action.

Please note: it was physically impossible for me to fit more than 4 of these diamond JB Star rings on my hand at once time. That’s not something that often happens. SERIOUS bling.

I fell hard for this sapphire. It’s smaller than most of the other JB Star rings I saw that day, but OH what a sapphire.

Here’s a diamond band in all its sparkling glory.

Thanks to JB Starr for making such pretties for us to admire, and to Mervis Diamonds for inviting me try on their JB Starr rings!

Margherita Burgener chrysoprase ring and earrings.

December 19, 2013

The color scheme of these Margherita Burgener chrysoprase pieces slays me. They’re not sold as a set, but they were listed in the same auction and they clearly match.

These earrings are simple, but oh, the colors! They’re just begging to adorn a hazel-eyed brunette (I volunteer!). Each earring features – from top to bottom – a pavé-set diamond surmount, a circular-cut chrome diopside link, and a chrysoprase drop with a pavé-set diamond cap. The colors are bold but the size – 1.5 inches – means these beauties wouldn’t be overly loud.

Have you seen chrysoprase in person? It’s the most marvelous, softly glowing green color. I nearly bought a gold and chrysoprase necklace a few weeks ago at the Maryland Renaissance Faire. By that I mean I wore it for a while while I looked at the jeweler’s other pieces and wondered which of my internal organs might be the most marketable/nonessential and then handed it back and walked quickly away.

Margherita Burgener crossover ring with a carved chrysoprase, pavé-set diamonds, and tsavorites in white gold. Via Diamonds in the Library.

The ring is a very funky shape – a little funkier than my normal style, but the kind of piece I would admire greatly on a funkier friend. The ring is of crossover design and set in 18 k white gold. It’s set with a carved chrysoprase as well as pavé-set diamonds and tsavorites.

This post originally only contained one pair of earrings, but lo and behond, I just found more that would go perfectly with the ring! And because I am super into chrysoprase right now and the color is seasonally appropriate, I decided to add more.

These funky earrings involve chrysoprase and diamonds only. How amazing are those lines? So fun and fresh. At 2 3/8 inches, these earrings make a larger green statement than their cousins above.

These beauties involve the same materials as the first two Margherita Burgener chrysoprase pieces, but in a different way. They’re slightly larger than the first pair – 1 3/4 inches long – and feature a chrysoprase drop suspended from pavé-set diamond link and a line of chrome diopside leading to a pavé-set diamond surmount.

Are you as into this color scheme as I am? Which earrings are your favorite?

These Margherita Burgener chrysoprase pieces were all listed in Philips auctions. Please see individual descriptions for links. All images and info are thanks to Philips.

Harry Winston emeralds and diamonds.

December 16, 2013

Today’s theme is Harry Winston emeralds and diamonds. Ready for something bold and glamorous?

These Harry Winston earrings feature two emeralds, weighing 16.57 and 14.58 carats respectively, and two clustered surmounts with 14 total carats of marquise-, pear-shaped, brilliant-cut and baguette diamonds. Not too shabby.

Here’s a clearer view, what I like to think of as a “sterile” shot. Nothing but earrings. Don’t you love the dynamic shape of the baguette diamonds reaching out of the surmount cluster? They’re almost like wings. I think they give the earrings a sassy feeling.

In case you were wondering about that fuzzy pink background in the top photo, here the long shot. The fine folks at Sotheby’s felt that these earrings appeared to their best advantage when posted on a hat. (A fabulous hat, from the looks of things).

This necklace is for anyone out there who saw the earrings and though “not bad, but what would I wear with them?” As long as you’re okay with wearing a whole pile of Harry Winston emeralds and diamonds at once, that is.

This platinum and white gold Harry Winston necklace features three glorious pear-shaped emeralds slightly smaller than the earrings’ emeralds, but still very impressive: they clock in at 10.61, 8.30 and 7.02 carats. The emeralds are wreathed in marquise- and pear-shaped diamonds and hang suspended from a necklace set with many more pear- and marquise-shaped diamonds. The total diamond weight of this piece is a whopping 32 carats.

Today’s Harry Winston emeralds and diamonds were listed in the same Sotheby’s auction as separate lots. Click here for the earrings and here for the necklace. All images and info in this post are thanks to Sotheby’s.

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