Van Cleef & Arpels Colombian Emerald and Diamond Ring, American, circa 1980

Van Cleef & Arpels Colombian Emerald and Diamond Ring, American, circa 1980 Van Cleef & Arpels Colombian emerald and diamond ring. Centrally set with one rectangular emerald-cut natural Colombian emerald with no colour enhancement and no clarity enhancement in an open back claw setting with an approximate weight of 3.22 carats, encircled with ten round…

A Gorgeous Floral Designed Emerald and Diamond Clip

“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair…” ― Susan Polis Schutz Emerald and Diamond Clip, Van Cleef & Arpels Designed as a stylized flower head, set at the center with a sugar loaf cabochon emerald within surrounds of cushion-shaped, single-, circular- and brilliant-cut diamonds, mounted in platinum. “I must have flowers,…

A Gorgeous Collection of Marvelous Jewels

Very little exists on its website, or anywhere else on the web, of the next-to-priceless jewels that make up the Stephen Russell collection.  This wonderful curator of antique and fine jewelry is among the very few dealers whose devotion to discretion has helped retain their reputation as a cache of marvelous jewelry.  To see the exemplary Stephen…

A misunderstood, and sometimes misidentified, gemstone, the fiery colours of spinel are in a class of their own

  With its vibrant, saturated hues, spinel – more rare than rubies, sapphires or emeralds – has been a misunderstood, and sometimes misidentified, gemstone.     Its wide array of colours, from deep crimson to pastel blues, as well as pink, purple, grey and black, makes it a perfect impostor for other stones. Many famous…

Van Cleef & Arpels’ fluttering butterflies

Van Cleef & Arpels Alhambra butterfly earrings. This Parisian house known for its butterfly and other gentle creatures presents new versions of this pretty summertime visitor.  And with brooches making a comeback, these lepidopterous insects are perfectly poised to catch the trend. Van Cleef & Arpels Tuileries butterfly earrings     Van Cleef & Arpels…