$159,000
Diamond Drop, prong-set with a pear-shape diamond measuring approx. 19.70 x 13.44 x 4.33 mm, and weighing 8.37 cts., within a platinum mount with marquise-cut diamond accents. Note: Accompanied by GIA report no. 1172328700, dated September 24, 2015, stating that the diamond is G color, SI2 clarity. Provenance: From the collection of a prominent British American family. According to family oral history, most of the stones and pearls were purchased in the 1880s or 1890s by the family patriarch, a successful banker who maintained residences in the United States, Great Britain, and France.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-12-08