Art Deco Spaulding & Co. Diamond Black Onyx and Platinum Butterfly Choker, Circa
Art Deco Spaulding & Co. Diamond Black Onyx and Platinum Butterfly Choker, Circa
£12,000.00
Description
An Art Deco butterfly choker, by Spaulding & Co, with a central butterfly, with open wings, flanked by two butterflies, with closed wings, on sliding fittings to adjust their position, set with eight-cut diamonds, with a round brilliant-cut diamond in the thorax of the centre butterfly and Edwardian-cut diamonds in the thoraxes of the flanking diamonds, the wing edges are channel set with French cut calibré black onyx, mounted in platinum, with an eight-cut diamond set platinum box clasp, on a velvet choker, signed Spaulding & Co., made in Chicago, USA, circa 1925.
Spaulding & Co. was founded by Henry Abiram Spaulding, born 1837, in Chicago, USA, in 1888.
In 1929 Spaulding & Co. Inc., Black Starr & Frost and Gorham Company were consolidated into a company called called Gorham, Inc.
| item details | |
|---|---|
| Origin | American |
| Period | 1920s |
| Style | Art Deco |
| Condition | Very good |
| Materials | Platinum |
| Main Gemstone | Diamond |
| Dimensions | Length 330mm, width 15.6mm. 9.99 grams |
| Secondary Gemstone | Onyx |
Product REF: S5424N
