Antique Russian Art nouveau Diamond Gold Pendant

Antique 14k yellow gold pendant in art nouveau style with front flower decorted with sapphire and rose cut diamond pendant was made during the imperial russian era 1900/1907.c total ...

Rare antique russian locket pendant centered with rose cut diamond cross in 14k gold setting with total weight of 22.44 grams and total lenght o...

This elegant Russian Imperial era antique pendant necklace was made between 1908 and 1917. The necklace is designed as a pair of diamond-set...

This rare pendant was made in Saint Petersburg between 1904 and 1908 by Carl Blank, jeweler of the Russian Imperial Court and Tsar Nicholas II. The pendant is finely crafted in matte platinum (front) and 14K gold (back). It features two excellent red spinels from Burma accented by old mine cut diamonds. The spinels were tested by Swiss Gemmological Institute in Basel (test report no. 87913) and found to be natural and untreated. Estimated total spinel weight is 2.70 carats. Approximate total diamond weight is 3.18 carats. In the early 1900s, platinum was an exotic metal. In Russia, it was rarely used in jewelry (not until 1930s). Apparently only jewelers of the Imperial court like Faberge, Bolin and Blank experimented with platinum. Marked on frame with 56 zolotnik old Russian gold standard (there was no mark for platinum at that time) and on bail with maker’s initials ‘ CB’ for Carl Blank, St. Petersburg assay mark with initials ‘AP’ for assay master Alexander Romanov...