HARRY WINSTON
A pear-shaped diamond necklace, 1970
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Designed as a series of articulated marquise-shaped diamonds, suspending a single pear-shaped diamond drop weighing 38.00 carats, 1970, maker's mark for Jacques Timey. Accompanied by a certificate from the GIA...
Designed as a series of articulated marquise-shaped diamonds, suspending a single pear-shaped diamond drop weighing 38.00 carats, 1970, maker's mark for Jacques Timey.
Accompanied by a certificate from the GIA stating that the 38 carat pear-shaped diamond is D colour, VVS1 clarity.
Accompanied by a certificate from the GIA stating that the 38 carat pear-shaped diamond is D colour, VVS1 clarity.
Provenance
This necklace was originally owned by American-born Greek businesswoman, socialite, and heiress to the Onassis fortune,Christina Onassis.
Literature
William Wright, The Life of Christina Onassis, Simon & Schuster, New York 1991, P.368 for this following quote:"Sweeping into parties in her couturier clothes and flashing expensive jewellery - on two occasions she wore her $2 million diamond pendant - she was instantly the centre of attention"