Alan Gard
Pair of Diamond and Gold Earrings with Detachable Drops
Lot Closed
October 6, 06:11 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Alan Gard
b. 1935
Pair of Diamond and Gold Earrings with Detachable Drops
1968, signed AMG, stamped with London hallmarks for 1968, 750 stamped on loops
pair of rough diamond and 18k textured and polished gold earrings with detachable hook-and-loop drops and post backs; tops have five diamonds and drops each have four
2 3⁄16 by 1 in.; 5.5 by 2.5 cm.
Artcurial July 20, Monte Carlo, 2021, lot 533
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Alan Gard (b. 1935) was a member of the innovative British independent jewelers of the late 1960s and 1970s and got his start working under master Andrew Grima. Gard exhibited at Goldsmiths Hall and Design Centre London as well as institutions in America and has created pieces for endeavors as diverse as the films Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and Modestie Blaise (1966). (Beatriz Chadour- Sampson and Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London: Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 2020, p. 460)
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