Preview: Jewellery, Watches & Silver Sale 11th January

The Jewellery, Watches and Silver Sale, to be held at Tennants Auctioneers on 11^th January, is set to include over two hundred lots of period and modern jewellery. Amongst the highlights of the period jewellery in the sale is a Georgian Garnet Necklace; comprising graduated rectangular and square cushion cut garnets in collet settings on a chain, the necklace is offered with an estimate of £400-600 (all figures exclude buyer’s premium). From the 19^th century is an Amethyst Necklace, with thirty-nine amethysts and estimated at £300-500. Dating from the early 20^th century is a Diamond Necklace, with a flowerhead cluster set throughout with old cut diamonds (estimate: £300-500), and an Early 20^th Century Black Opal and Diamond Three Stone Ring (estimate: £300-500). Also of interest is a Sapphire and Diamond Cluster Ring (estimate: £600-800).

Contemporary jewellery by leading jewellery houses is well represented by an 18 Carat Gold Diamond Necklace by Kutchinsky (estimate: £1,000-1,500), a Trinity Ring by Cartier (estimate: £500-700), and a Steel and 18 Carat Gold B.Zero1 Ring by Bulgari (estimate: £300-500). There are also several lots by Tiffany & Co., including a Heart Pendant on Chain by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co., (estimate: £500-700). Also of interest is a Multi-Gem Set Chandelier Necklace by Annoushka, incorporating a butterfly, a wishbone, a heart and other motifs (estimate: £600-800).

The jewellery section will also incorporate a menagerie of animal-themed novelty brooches, with charming, jewelled creatures including frogs, a spider, a butterfly, cats, a cockerel, a tortoise and many others. Notable amongst the offering are an 18 Carat Gold Green Garnet and Ruby Brooch by E. Wolfe & Co. modelled as a frog (estimate: £300-500), and an 18 Carat Gold Emerald and diamond Novelty Brooch by Garrard & Co modelled as a cat. (estimate: £400-600). An earlier example comes in the form of a circa 1870 Opal, Diamond, Sapphire and Ruby Butterfly Brooch (estimate: £400-600).

A broad range of good vintage, collectable and modern luxury watches are also on offer in the sale, along with antique pocket watches. Notable watches on offer include a desirable 1990s Cartier Santos Octagon Wristwatch (estimate: £600-800), and dating from the same era is a Breitling Callisto Chronograph Wristwatch (reference: B11045/80520-D) (estimate: £500-700). From the 1960s are a Tudor Prince Oysterdate Wristwatch (ref: 9050/0) (estimate: £400-500), and an Ollech & Wajs Caribbean 1000 Wristwatch (reference: 702) (estimate: £250-350). More unusual pieces in the sale include an Omega Gilt Metal Eight Day Calendar Centre Seconds Desk Time Piece (reference: 7015) (estimate: £100-200), and a circa 1880 Rockford 14 Carat Gold Full Hunter Pocket Watch (estimate: £1,200-1,800).

The sale will also offer a good selection of Georgian silver, amongst which is a Pair of George I Irish Silver Candlesticks (Probably Joseph Walker, Dublin, 1715) and a Pair of George II Nozzles (Dublin c.1740) (estimate: £1,500-2,500), a George I Silver Porringer by Richard Green, London, 1714 (estimate: £600-800), a Pair of George III Silver Goblets, London, 1772 (estimate: £700-1,000), and a George III Silver Tankard, Maker’s Mark perhaps WJ or WT, London, 1766 (estimate: £700-1,000). Highlights of international silver in the sale are led by a Russian Silver Trompe L’Oeil Tea Caddy, with Cyrillic Maker’s Mark ПЕД, St Petersburg, 1882-1899, which is chased to simulate basketweave (estimate: £500-800). Interesting Objects of Vertu in the sale include a Victorian Silver-Mounted Cameo Glass Scent Bottle, the Cameo Glass by Stevens and Williams, Stourbridge, March 1885, the Silver Mounts Birmingham, 1884-85 (estimate: £1,000-1,500), and a French Gold-Mounted and ‘Gem’-Set Hardstone Bonbonnière, Maker’s Mark Indistinct, Retailed by Cartier, Paris, 20^th Century (estimate: £600-800).

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