AN ANTIQUE NATURAL PEARL AND DIAMOND NECKLACE
Lot 151 The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor

AN ANTIQUE NATURAL PEARL AND DIAMOND NECKLACE

Closed14 December 2011

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USD 1,482,500

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AN ANTIQUE NATURAL PEARL AND DIAMOND NECKLACE
Of garland design, suspending old mine-cut diamond swags, gathered by old mine-cut diamond and natural pearl intersections, suspending articulated natural pearls with rose-cut diamond caps, mounted in silver and gold, circa 1860, 16 ins.
With report 2135888253 dated 19 September 2011 from the Gemological Institute of America stating that the pearls are natural saltwater pearls. No indications of treatment. Described insofar as mounting permits observation

Specialist note

Gift from Richard Burton, London, 1968