MAGNIFICENT HARRY WINSTON `BRIOLETTE OF INDIA` DIAMOND AND DIAMOND NECKLACE - photo 1

MAGNIFICENT HARRY WINSTON `BRIOLETTE OF INDIA` DIAMOND AND DIAMOND NECKLACE

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CHF 6 337 000
Auction dateClassic
10.05.2023 14:00UTC +02:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 46 | MAGNIFICENT HARRY WINSTON 'BRIOLETTE OF INDIA' DIAMOND AND DIAMOND NECKLACE
MAGNIFICENT HARRY WINSTON 'BRIOLETTE OF INDIA' DIAMOND AND DIAMOND NECKLACE

Briolette-cut diamond of 90.36 carats, marquise and pear-shaped diamonds, platinum, two parts of the neckchain are detachable and may be worn as a short necklace, briolette pendant detachable, unsigned, one extension with maker's mark (Jacques Timey)



GIA, 2023, report no. 5221869791: 90.36 carats, D colour, VS2 clarity, Type IIa

Accompanied by an original letter from the Smithsonian Institution



Size/Dimensions: 46.5 cm (excluding extensions); 17.0 cm (extensions)

Gross weight: 153.5 grams





Provenance

Briolette-cut diamond acquired by Cartier in 1909

By repute sold to Mrs. George Blumenthal in 1911, later acquired by Harry Winston in 1946 and allegedly sold to a Maharaja in 1947

Repurchased by Harry Winston and sold to Mrs. I.W. Killam

Upon her death Harry Winston purchased her entire jewellery collection, including the Briolette of India, in 1967

Acquired by Heidi Horten in the current design at Harry Winston in 1971



Literature

L.S. Krashes, Harry Winston: A Story Told in Diamonds, Gems & Gemology, Spring 1983, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 22-23, ill.1

H. Nadelhoffer, Cartier, Editions du Regard, Paris, 1984, p. 288, ill. 153

L.S. Krashes, Harry Winston, The Ultimate Jeweler, Ronald Winston, Editor, pp. 48-49



Special notice


This lot is subject to standard Swiss VAT rules and 7.7% VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and the ‘buyer’s premium’



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Manufactur:Harry Winston
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