Wednesday 3 June 2009

Precious





Green Tourmaline and 18K Gold Box
By Manfred Wild
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Of Baroque design, mounted with broad borders of 18K yellow gold, the hinged lid and body of the box each formed of a single piece of Brazilian green tourmaline of the finest quality having a brilliant saturation of color and a high degree of transparency, with a sizeable weight of approximately 438.0 carats, signed M. Wild, length 2 ¾ in.

Bonhams


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6 comments:

Pigtown-Design said...

Simply stunning!!!

little augury said...

Gorgeous- would LOVE to see this everyday. la

Jill said...

I'm having heart palpitations! This is absolutely fabulously beautiful!

An Aesthete's Lament said...

Good God, yes!

Renee Finberg said...

i am dying......i love this !

x

katiedid said...

Beautiful! Just like your new banner! (or maybe it's not so very new....I have been a slight bit out of touch.)