Pearl Necklace with Diamond Chatelaine 'Hourglass of life'

Bernard Sylvain

18 kt. Yellow gold, engraved and chased, pendant with maker's mark: Sylvain. Weight: Chatelaine approx. 58 g., necklace approx. 84 g. Chatelaine with pearl tassel 130 x 24 mm, necklace with two hook clasps L. 42 cm. Cord frame with 7 brilliant-cut diamonds and behind glass over 100 movable, small 8/8-cut diamonds totaling approx. 1.25 ct., fine white (G), VVS-SI. In the bezel setting an oval cut sapphire approx. 0.40 ct., 45 small round cut rubies together approx. 2.25 ct. 4-row cultured pearl necklace with cream-colored round cultured pearls (diameter 4 - 7 mm), 1 anthracite-colored cultured pearl on the pendant. Chatelaine with two eyelets for varying wear on chains, 1 stone missing. Brigitte Heger-Nawrath expertise from 1996.