AN ATTRACTIVE PAIR OF ANTIQUE NATURAL PEARL AND DIAMOND EAR PENDANTS

Each designed as a button-shaped pearl measuring 11.83 by 10.94 mm and weighing 40.92 grains (10.23 carats) and 11.75 by 10.92 mm and weighing 39.96 grains (9.99 carats) within an old-cut diamond surround suspending a drop-shaped pearl each measuring 21.10 mm by 14.30 mm and weighing 107.44 grains (26.86 carat) and 13.45 by 21.18 mm and weighing 91.28 grains (22.82 carats), 5.2 cm long, circa 1880. Price Realized: $217,000

Accompanied by report No. 0127953 dated 26 February 2008 from the Gem Testing Laboratory of Great Britain (Gem-A) stating that the pearls are natural

Christie's. JEWELLERY AND WATCHES. JUMEIRAH EMIRATES TOWERS HOTEL  29 APRIL 2008