This month, high-end jeweler Hancocks London is staying on pattern by naming a heart-shape piece as its jewel of the month. Made by Tiffany & Co. in 1915, the stunning vintage, diamond-encrusted pendant (pictured) isn’t solely romanticized for its form but additionally for its second in time.
The home’s director, Man Burton, defined in an announcement that “by the early Twentieth century Tiffany was one of many premier jewelers not in solely in America but additionally the world, and this can be a really stunning instance of their work. That they had loved nice success at a number of World Gala’s, acquired the magnificent canary yellow Tiffany Diamond, and brought house a complete of 24 tons from the public sale of the French crown jewels, spending a rare $480,000—a sum better than the subsequent 9 largest patrons mixed.”
That includes a major dome form, absolutely set with 3.8 cts. t.w. of outdated European–, brilliant-cut diamonds, the pendant measures as much as a beneficiant inch excessive and huge and is suspended from a removable diamond loop. Maybe extra attention-grabbing than its entrance, nevertheless, is its detail-oriented 18k gold again: “After we flip this one over, we will see the extremely positive hand piercing that permits most mild into the piece together with the stunning fluted gold body,” stated Hancocks London in an announcement. “This Edwardian-era coronary heart is as classically elegant as one would count on from positive jewelry of this era. The standard of expertise is great, and, as with all of the most interesting jewelry, the again is as superbly completed because the entrance.”
The pendant guarantees to convey the class of the early-Twentieth century to current day. “In the present day the Tiffany identify is synonymous the world over with American fashion and luxurious, and their jewelry has lengthy been worn by most of the world’s most elegant girls,” stated Burton.
Prime: Tiffany & Co. diamond coronary heart pendant, circa 1915, in platinum and 18k gold with 3.8 cts. t.w. outdated European–, brilliant-cut diamonds, lb19,950 (roughly $27,000); Hancocks London
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