Van Cleef & Arpels Mother-of-Pearl Gold Ring
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Mother-Of-Pearl - Mother-of-pearl, technical name "nacre", is the inner layer of a sea shell. The iridescent colours and strength of this material were widely used in the nineteenth century as an inlay in jewellery, furniture, (especially papier mache furniture) and musical instruments.
In the early 1900s it was used to make pearl buttons. Mother-of-pearl is a soft material that is easily cut or engraved.
Nowadays it is a by-product of the oyster, freshwater pearl mussel and abalone industries.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
A jade set signet ring, 20ct yellow gold, presented as a simple signet ring set with central oval cabochon piece of light green jade, measuring 15.8 x 10.6 mm, bezel set in an open backed mount, finished with wide tapering gold shoulders and band.
18ct tri-colour gold 'Trinity' bangle, Cartier, designed as three intertwined 9 mm wide half round bands, gross weight approximately 88.61 grams, inner diameter approximately 68 mm, signed Cartier, maker's marks, numbered GD 725680.
9ct gold ring set with sweep of 4 diamonds, weight: approx 6.27 grams, size: 9/S-T
18ct gold, ceramic and tourmaline 'Chandra' ring, Bulgari, circa 1994, centring a cylindrical-shaped carved ceramic bead flanked by a collet-set cabochon tourmaline, size L, signed Bulgari.