GRIMA: 'SUPER SHELL' SHELL AND LAPIS LAZULI NECKLACE, CIRCA 1972 image 1

Lot 19^Ω

GRIMA: 'SUPER SHELL' SHELL AND LAPIS LAZULI NECKLACE, CIRCA 1972

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London Jewels

7 December 2023, 11:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,920 inc. premium

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GRIMA: 'SUPER SHELL' SHELL AND LAPIS LAZULI NECKLACE, CIRCA 1972

The spiral seashell applied with collet-set lapis lazuli cabochons, accented by textured spherical beads, on a black silk cord, signed Grima, lengths: shell 6.5 x 5.2cm, silk cord 42.0cm

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By family tradition, this necklace was purchased from Andrew Grima in Lugano, where he and his family were living from 1986-1992.

Andrew Grima's 'Super Shell' collection was launched in 1972. The range of jewellery was designed around a variety of large and unusual shells that Grima had acquired in Australia and which he converted into stylish and wearable pieces.

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