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    • Circa 1810

    • Cushion-shaped rock crystal
      Silver-topped 14K yellow gold, length approximately 14 inches, accompanied by a fitted box

  • Catalogue Essay

    Rock crystal is a colorless quartz and named from Greek for ice, ‘krystallos’. Over the centuries it has been used for a multitude of uses, such as glazing for memento mori and jewels enclosing hair, time pieces, orbs or ‘pools of light’, and even as diamond simulants. Georgian jewelers commonly created rivière of silver backed cushion-shaped rock crystal in collet settings. They would often paint a black dot on the culet to simulate the scintillation or flashes of light and dark in natural diamonds. These are often referred to Stuart crystals and black-dot rock crystal. Few survive today as many were sacrificed to different war efforts throughout history. We are delighted to be able to offer such a well-preserved example.

PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTOR

650

A Georgian Black Dot Rock Crystal and Silver-Topped Gold Rivière Necklace

Circa 1810
Cushion-shaped rock crystal
Silver-topped 14K yellow gold, length approximately 14 inches, accompanied by a fitted box

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000 

Contact Specialist

Eva Violante
Head of Sale, Senior Specialist
eviolante@phillips.com
212 940 1316

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