Emerald, Diamond & Gold Necklace, ca. 1895
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GUEST:
Um, it's something I found at the thrift store. Um, it was $6.10, I just bought it immediately and ran out the door and took it to a jeweler. And he said it was gold and diamonds, uh, but he couldn't tell me anything about, um, the green stones. And then I, um, took it to someone else. They told me they were emeralds, and that's about as far as I got.
APPRAISER:
Okay. The emeralds are what I would consider Colombian emeralds. They're tumbled emeralds, so they have a lot of inclusions. I would consider these appropriate for tumbling and not faceting.
GUEST:
Yeah.
APPRAISER:
It is set with table-cut diamonds, and it's very Victorian-inspired. And here we can see that it is engraved in this, uh, Indian Mogul-style, uh, motif. So what's interesting about this piece is that it has an owl import mark.
GUEST:
Yeah.
APPRAISER:
So the owl import mark tells us that it was made for the French market.
GUEST:
Okay.
APPRAISER:
And that stamp was used around 1893 to about 1990.
GUEST:
Oh!
APPRAISER:
Do you find that the safety chain is a... I really... ...good feature?
GUEST:
I don't, I like that it's there, 'cause it has come loose before, um, but I don't really like, um, the style of it. It just, it gets in the way and it hangs there. I was wondering if I could maybe get it replaced with something a little more hidden in the future? Um...
APPRAISER:
You probably can.
GUEST:
Yeah.
APPRAISER:
This isn't... Someone added the safety chain to it after.
GUEST:
Yeah. It looked more modern.
APPRAISER:
But based on the knot and based on the style of it, with the fox chain, I would date this to about 1895?
GUEST:
Excellent.
APPRAISER:
In a retail setting at an antique store, this piece would probably range from $50,000 to $60,000.
GUEST:
Great, that's excellent. After a while, it does get a little heavy on the neck, but I'm going to wear it anyway. (laughs)
APPRAISER:
That's good, you should enjoy it.
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