Watch this house—there are numerous, many jewels headed to public sale this fall, and Monday’s California Jewels sale at Bonhams is a good way to begin the celebration off proper.
I’m actually feeling just a little bit stalked by the opal necklace pictured up prime, as alerts to the sale maintain popping up in my Fb feed (guess the algorithm actually is aware of my quantity—wouldn’t be the primary time) with this picture entrance and heart. It’s a Louis Consolation Tiffany design, and whereas the 8 ct. opal centerpiece is divine, the small print on the mounting and chain make it an exemplary artwork nouveau jewel from the interval.
In a press launch for the sale, Emily Waterfall, head of knickknack, Bonhams Los Angeles, famous that jewels by the famed former design director of Tiffany (and grasp of stained glass art work) have been typically based mostly on historical cultures like Egypt’s, “as you may see within the scarab-like filigree on the opal necklace,” she famous. “He typically paid as a lot consideration to the chain and the clasp as to the central stone component. [Louis Comfort Tiffany] items are treasured, and once they come to the market they typically exceed the estimates.”
Bonhams has performed effectively with Louis Consolation Tiffany items up to now: In 2017, for example, a black opal and sapphire necklace bought for $44,000. Pictured beneath are two extra Louis Consolation Tiffany–designed jewels featured within the sale.
Lot 300: Circa 1900 necklace in 18k gold with moonstones, sapphires, and enamel, Louis Consolation Tiffany for Tiffany & Co.
Lot 299: Circa 1910 bracelet in 18k gold and platinum with moonstones and sapphires, Louis Consolation Tiffany for Tiffany & Co
The sale additionally accommodates an assortment of Tiffany jewels from totally different durations within the 200-year-old firm’s historical past, together with a uncommon enamel floral brooch by Paulding Farnham, a set of hardstone necklaces by Angela Cummings, earrings by Elsa Peretti, and rings by Schlumberger.
Lot 259: Set of three 18k gold and beaded necklaces of blue lace agate, purple jasper, and black onyx, signed Tiffany & Co., attributed to Angela Cummings
Lot 298: Circa 1900 floral brooch in 18k gold with outdated mine–lower diamond and purple enamel petals, Paulding Farnham for Tiffany & Co.
However there are many no-name gold attraction bracelets and diamond-set goodies within the sale as effectively. And a sure form of collector is certain to go wild for an oddball menagerie of brooches by famed British jeweler Elizabeth Gage. Pictured beneath, every is a particular spotlight of the sale, particularly in the event you choose newly minted Tiffany to the collector’s objects or simply delight within the whimsy of animal jewels (I imply, who doesn’t?).
Tons 97–99: Clockwise, from backside: Cat brooch in 18k gold and carved tourmaline; Lioness brooch in 18k gold with petrified palm wooden and carnelian; Parrot brooch in 18k gold with carved tourmaline, rock crystal, diamonds, and mother-of-pearl; all Elizabeth Gage
