A SET OF RUBY AND DIAMOND JEWELRY, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Lot 79 Property from an Important American Collector

A SET OF RUBY AND DIAMOND JEWELRY, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

Closed17 April 2012

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A SET OF RUBY AND DIAMOND JEWELRY, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Comprising a necklace, suspending a detachable cartouche-shaped pendant, centering upon an oval-cut ruby within a circular and baguette-cut diamond surround, with a pear-shaped ruby fringe, from a band set with a series of alternating ruby and diamond cartouche and oval openwork links, to the circular-cut diamond backchain; and a pair of ear pendants en suite, mounted in gold, necklace 14 ins., pendant may also be worn as a brooch
Necklace signed Van Cleef & Arpels, N.Y., no. 3622 S.O. (Special Order); ear pendants signed Van Cleef & Arpels, N.Y., no. 56583
Necklace with reports 1001719 and 1001720 dated 25 January 2010 from the Gübelin Gem Lab stating that gemmological testing revealed characteristics consistent with those of rubies originating from Burma (Myanmar). No indications of heating (2)