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22 avril 2014

Large and Rare Non-nacreous Melo Pearl, Melo melo, Saltwaters near Vietnam

Large and Rare Non-nacreous Melo Pearl, Melo melo, Saltwaters near Vietnam
Large and Rare Non-nacreous Melo Pearl, Melo melo, Saltwaters near Vietnam . Photo Bonhams. Relatively unknown in the West, even George Kunz's compendium of 1908, The Book of The Pearl, had no references to the rare orange pearl offered here. So few have...
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22 avril 2014

Non-nacreous Natural Pearl--"The Giant Clam Pearl", Tridacna gigas, Coastal waters near the Philippines

Non-nacreous Natural Pearl--"The Giant Clam Pearl", Tridacna gigas, Coastal waters near the Philippines
Non-nacreous Natural Pearl--"The Giant Clam Pearl", Tridacna gigas, Coastal waters near the Philippines . Photo Bonhams. A slightly baroque drop-shaped, undrilled, non-nacreous natural pearl from a marine mollusk, white with fine flame structure. Weighing...
22 avril 2014

Non-nacreous White Pearl, Tridacnidae sp., Saltwaters near the Phillipines

Non-nacreous White Pearl, Tridacnidae sp., Saltwaters near the Phillipines
Non-nacreous White Pearl, Tridacnidae sp., Saltwaters near the Phillipines . Photo Bonhams. An unmounted and undrilled natural saltwater pearl from the Tridacna, or "Giant Clam" family of mollusks. The pristine white body color and very fine, minute "flame"...
22 avril 2014

Very Fine and Rare Large Conch Pearl, Strombus gigas or "Queen Conch", Caribbean Sea

Very Fine and Rare Large Conch Pearl, Strombus gigas or "Queen Conch", Caribbean Sea
Very Fine and Rare Large Conch Pearl, Strombus gigas or "Queen Conch", Caribbean Sea . Photo Bonhams. A conch is one of a number of different species of medium-sized to large saltwater snails and their shells. True conchs are marine gastropod mollusks...
22 avril 2014

Conch Pearl, Strombus gigas or "Queen Conch", Caribbean Sea

Conch Pearl, Strombus gigas or "Queen Conch", Caribbean Sea
Conch Pearl, Strombus gigas or "Queen Conch", Caribbean Sea . Photo Bonhams. A conch is one of a number of different species of medium-sized to large saltwater snails and their shells. True conchs are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae,...
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22 avril 2014

Conch Pearl, Strombus gigas or "Queen Conch", Caribbean Sea

Conch Pearl, Strombus gigas or "Queen Conch", Caribbean Sea
Conch Pearl, Strombus gigas or "Queen Conch", Caribbean Sea . Photo Bonhams. A conch is one of a number of different species of medium-sized to large saltwater snails and their shells. True conchs are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae,...
22 avril 2014

Conch Pearl, Strombus gigas or "Queen Conch", Caribbean Sea

Conch Pearl, Strombus gigas or "Queen Conch", Caribbean Sea
Conch Pearl, Strombus gigas or "Queen Conch", Caribbean Sea . Photo Bonhams. A conch is one of a number of different species of medium-sized to large saltwater snails and their shells. True conchs are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae,...
22 avril 2014

Natural Pearl, Unio species

Natural Pearl, Unio species
Natural Pearl, Unio species. Photo Bonhams. A nacreous, freshwater white pearl, of elongated drop-shaped form, having excellent luster, especially to one face as well as a fine orient of pink and green hues, undrilled. Weighing approximate ly 43.5 carats...
22 avril 2014

India: Jewels that Enchanted the World at The State Museums of Moscow Kremlin

India: Jewels that Enchanted the World at The State Museums of Moscow Kremlin
Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala (cat. 145), Delhi, c. 1911; modern print from original negative; 25 x 17.5 cm. Cartier Archives, Paris, B749 C.K. Moscow - India: Jewels that Enchanted the World, the most comprehensive exhibition of Indian jewellery...
22 avril 2014

An emerald and eighteen karat gold Chi Rho brooch, Castellani, circa 1860

An emerald and eighteen karat gold Chi Rho brooch, Castellani, circa 1860
An emerald and eighteen karat gold Chi Rho brooch, Castellani, circa 1860. Photo Freemans centering a carved emerald measuring approximately 16.00 x 14.00mm, depicting the face of Jesus, accented by sugarloaf and heart-shaped emeralds, with rope borders;...
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