18K黃金及鉑金鑲鑽石項鏈及手鏈

• 花藤造型項鏈，飾一枚鑲鑽石蝴蝶結
• 葉片及蝴蝶結鑲圓形鑽石，共重約30.10卡拉
• 長度15½ 英寸
• 年份約1941
• 手鏈造型相近，鑲鑽石，共重約14.15卡拉
• 長度6 7/8 英寸
• 年份約1943
*拍品資料以英文為主，中文翻譯僅供參考

Formerly in the Collection of Norma Shearer.

Diamond Divas 2008, Diamond Museum, Antwerp, April 11 - June 8, 2008.

George W. Headley Retrospective, The Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, Kentucky, September 19, 2006 - January 7, 2007.

Elizabeth Irvine Bray, Paul Flato: Jeweler to the Stars, page 48-49.

Annette Trapert, The Power of Glamour, page 81.

Suzanne Tennenbaum and Janet Zapata, The Jeweled Garden: A Colorful History of Gems, Jewels and Nature, page 106.

Vinciane Van Grotenhuis van Onstein, Diamond Divas, pages 157 and 203.

Vogue, New York, August 1, 1941, pages 28-29.

In good condition. Expertly crafted and three-dimensional. Both necklace and bracelet are fully articulated. The diamonds are predominantly G-I color range, a few J-K examples, and range from VS-I clarity. Some of the diamonds have small chips due to usual wear. There are a couple of small areas of solder repair on the reverse of the bracelet. Both pieces have safety catches at the clasps.
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是次上拍項鏈出自喬治·希德利（George Headley）的手筆，造型為常春藤蔓、花卉及蝴蝶結。1941年，奧斯卡影后瑙瑪·希拉（Norma Shearer）購下此項鏈。項鏈曾登上1941年其中一期《風尚》（Vogue）雜誌，瑙瑪·希拉（Norma Shearer）或是從中看來本品。又或者，她可能在日落大道的弗拉托（Flato）專門店看到了。無論如何，來弗拉托尋訪瑰寶的好來塢名人星光熠熠，希拉只是其中之一。瑪琳·黛德麗、葛麗泰·嘉寶、凱瑟琳·赫本及琴·羅傑斯等女星，均是保羅·弗拉托（Paul Flato）的知名顧客。

瑙瑪·希拉（1902-1983年）生於加拿大，9歲生日時，因觀賞歌舞喜2表演，自此立志成為演員。她憑著堅毅意志、不懈努力，終能達成夢想，於1923年與美高梅簽約，成為演員。四年之間，希拉已為美高梅拍下13套默片，而且每一套均票房報捷。有別於二十年代很多明星，希拉因聲調適中悅耳，輕易地從拍攝默片過渡至拍攝有對白的電影。希拉常扮演知性成熟、追求自由的揚眉女子，最著名的演出是於1930年主演電影《棄婦》，更為此奪得奧斯金像獎影后殊榮。演藝生涯中，希拉曾獲六次提名，瓊·克勞馥（Joan Crawford）及葛麗泰·嘉寶（Greta Garbo）均曾與其角逐最佳女主角獎項。

此套首飾組合，不論是創造它的珠寶匠人還是佩戴它的耀眼明星，當時均是如日方中，是印證弗拉托浪漫經典的巔峰之作。