A one of a kind beautiful antique circa 1920 unheated untreated natural blue Ceylon sapphire and unheated untreated natural diamond lavalier 10K gold lavalier pendant necklace.
This beautiful genuine antique gold sapphire and diamond necklace is entirely traditionally handmade. The details are very feminine with period motifs. There are laurel leaves, a forget me not flower and a bow. It is a beautifully romantic and incredibly atmospheric piece...so nostalgic and yet so timelessly beautiful!
Dazzling also are the beautifully cut extra fine gem quality sky blue unheated untreated natural sapphires. These wonderful sapphires are just as mother nature made them having been faceted and polished only! The color is divine! The prettiest purest most feminine blue!
1.85 cttw total sapphire weight (1.10 ct, 0.75ct)
0.18 cttw total diamond weight VS clarity
2.03 carats total sapphire and diamond weight.
From the top of the chain to the bottom drop of the pendant it measures 2 1/16" long by 1" wide.
The length of the pendant not including the chains at the top is 1 1/2" (52mm x 25mm, 46mm x 25mm).
The delicate chain has an inside circumference of 15 1/4" and will fit a small to extra small neck.
The clasp of the chain is stamped 10K, the pendant is stamped 10ct. It weighs 3.45 grams.
From the top of the chain to the bottom drop of the pendant it measures 2 1/16" long by 1" wide. The length of the pendant not including the chains at the top is 1 1/2" (52mm x 25mm, 46mm x 25mm).
The delicate chain has an inside circumference of 15 1/4" and will fit a small to extra small neck.
It is in lovely antique condition and is ready to gift or to wear.
An Appraisal Report and Gem Report is included with your purchase.
It will be sent in a presentation box ready for gifting and for safe keeping.
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Comments:
This fine quality antique necklace is traditionally handmade and the beautiful sapphires and diamonds are hand set. This is unusual these days. These days much less jewelry is traditionally handmade due to the high cost and scarcity of skilled labor. Much contemporary jewelry is designed with a computer and cast from molten metal, the gems may be cast in place rather than hand set. These methods are fast, cheap, require little or no traditional jewelry making skills and allow for mass production but can't match the quality of expertly traditionally handmade jewelry.
Unfortunately, in the last two decades many sapphires seen in modern jewelry have had the color induced by high temperature heating in chemicals such as beryllium. This is called diffusion treatment and includes surface diffusion, bulk diffusion, lattice diffusion, deep diffusion and beryllium treatment. In recent years sapphires have been clarity enhanced by filling any fissures or cracks with molten lead glass, sometimes the glass is colored as well, with time the filler falls out or goes cloudy ruining the stone. Polymer resins can be used in a similar way. Colored coatings can be applied to the back of a sapphire. These treatments are undesirable and such treated stones are of very low value. The sapphires in this necklace are unheated and untreated making this the perfect choice for a very special sapphire celebration such as a milestone birthday, a sapphire anniversary or an engagement.
Measurements
Sapphires
5.8 x 4.7 x 2.9mm oval faceted
6.3 x 5.5x 3.5mm oval faceted
Diamonds
2.65mm diameter transition cut VS clarity G/H color
2.2mm diameter transition cut VS clarity I/J color
