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Lot 44

T.B. STARR: SEED PEARL AND DIAMOND-SET CHOKER/BRACELET COMBINATION, CIRCA 1910

London Jewels

7 December 2023, 11:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,144 inc. premium

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T.B. STARR: SEED PEARL AND DIAMOND-SET CHOKER/BRACELET COMBINATION, CIRCA 1910

The latticework strap of seed pearls, connected via openwork floral plaques millegrain-set with old brilliant-cut diamonds, mounted in platinum and converting to a pair of bracelets, signed T.B.Starr, the choker detaches to be worn as two bracelets, lengths: choker 33.5cm, bracelets 16.5cm and 17.0cm

Footnotes

Although heralded as one of the most prominent American jewellers working at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, Theodore B. Starr (1837-1907) started his career in the industry at the age of sixteen working as a messenger. After a thirteen-year partnership with Herman Marcus, Starr established his own firm in 1877, to much critical acclaim. Now working under the name T.B. Starr, the jewellery house experienced great commercial success, receiving recognition and praise by the press for Starr's unique and remarkable creations. His son joined the business in 1907 before it was sold in 1918. Starr's creations are still collected and displayed by several celebrated institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The seed pearl and diamond-set choker and bracelet combination presented here exemplifies the maker's fine craftsmanship and elegant designs.

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