$104,550
Antique Diamond Pendant, bezel-set with an old European-cut diamond weighing 1. 62 cts. and an old European-cut diamond weighing 1.52 cts., and six additional old European-cut diamonds, approx. total wt. of all eight diamonds 12.00 cts. Note: The original center diamond is lot 494 and is pictured with it. Accompanied by GIA report no. 6177379454 stating that the 1.62 cts. diamond is G color, VS1 clarity, and GIA report no. 2175379450 stating that the 1.52 cts. diamond is F color, SI1 clarity. Provenance: From the collection of a prominent British American family. According to family oral history, most of the stones and pearls were purchased in the 1880s or 1890s by the family patriarch, a successful banker who maintained residences in the United States, Great Britain, and France.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-12-08
