Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

20 15 Edwardian diamond and pearl brooch the cut-cornered rectangular plaque of open-work design, millegrain-set with alternating pearls and rose and Old European-cut diamonds, weighing approximately 5.00-5.20 carats, width approximately 88mm Pearls untested and unwarranted R –  16 Pair of smoky topaz and diamond earrings each claw-set to the centre with a smoky topaz surrounded by cognac and round brilliant-cut diamonds to a half diamond-set hoop, with post fittings, length approximately 33mm (2) R –  17 Pair of diamond earrings each designed as a cross, claw-set with ten Old European-cut diamonds weighing approximately 1.75 carats, screw fittings (2) R –  18 Pair of diamond and pearl ear pendants, 1920s each designed as an articulated line of collet and millegrain-set eight-, rose- and arrow-cut diamonds weighing approximately 1.65 carats, suspending a pearl drop with a cap highlighted with rose-cut diamonds, post and butterfly fittings with French assay mark, length approximately 47mm. Purchased from Missiaglia, Venezia, 1962, cased. Pearls not tested and unwarranted (2) R –  15 16 17 18