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FINE JEWELLERY AND LADIE’S WATCHES NOW CONSIGNING
8 th SEPTEMBER 2026
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This season’s Fine Jewellery sale brought together important private collections, signed jewels, and rare coloured stones, with strong Irish and international bidding throughout. Our May auction realised just shy of €3 millions. A Continental Lady’s private collection led the auction, with a pair of early twentieth-century natural pearl and diamond pendent earrings achieving €340,000, alongside an important diamond pendant at €190,000. A Harry Winston diamond demi-parure realised €150,000, while the fifth Kashmir sapphire to appear in these rooms within the last twelve months sold for €102,000. From the Armour family of Chicago came several notable pieces, including an eighteenth-century Parisian cane handle, which achieved €105,000, and a Cartier Art Deco rock crystal clock at €65,000. Signed twentieth-century jewels also performed strongly, among them a Van Cleef & Arpels ‘Rose de Noël’ coral and diamond demi-parure at €32,000, and a Bulgari ‘Monete’ necklace centred on a silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, which realised €34,000. The strength of bidding was evident throughout the sale, with many lots exceeding expectations. The pearl and diamond earrings, estimated at €25,000–35,000, achieved €340,000, while the eighteenth-century cane handle, estimated at €8,000–12,000, sold for €105,000. To our consignors and bidders, we extend our sincere thanks. We are now accepting consignments for our forthcoming auctions in September. If you would like to consign, or just find out what your jewellery and watches are worth in this current buoyant market, please contact the Jewellery & Watches Department to make an appointment.
Claire-Laurence Mestrallet BA, G.G
Mariachiara Danesi G.G
HEAD OF JEWELLERY & WATCHES DPT claire@adams.ie
mariachiara@adams.ie
DIRECTOR
CATALOGUER JUNIOR SPECIALIST
Paulina Zanluchi Mior JEWELLERY DEPARTMENT paulina@adams.ie
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FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A CONTINENTAL LADY
LOT 70 AN IMPORTANT DIAMOND SINGLE-STONE RING The pear-shaped diamond weighing 12.48cts within a ten-claw setting, to a plain hoop, mounted in 18K gold, ring size N½ Accompanied by a report from the HRD laboratory in Antwerp, stating that the natural diamond weighing 12.48cts, is of Fancy Intense Yellowish Brown colour, VS1 clarity. Report no. 260000060316, dated March 17th 2026.
Estimate € 30,000 - 40,000 SOLD FOR €143,750 (incl. premium)
LOT 71 AN IMPORTANT DIAMOND SINGLE-STONE RING The pear-shaped diamond weighing 12.48cts within a ten-claw setting, to a plain hoop, mounted in 18K gold, ring size N½ Accompanied by a report from the HRD laboratory in Antwerp, stating that the natural diamond weighing 12.48cts, is of Fancy Intense Yellowish Brown colour, VS1 clarity. Report no. 260000060316, dated March 17th 2026.
Estimate € 55,000 - 65,000 SOLD FOR €237,500 (incl. premium)
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FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A CONTINENTAL LADY
LOT 67 A RARE AND IMPORTANT PAIR OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY PEARL AND DIAMOND PENDENT EARRINGS Each grey pearl drop with pierced rose-cut diamond cap within millegrain detailing, suspended from an old-cut diamond surmount, length 3.9cm Accompanied by a report from the LFG laboratory in Paris, stating that both pearl drops are natural, of saltwater origin, with no indications of treatment. Report no. 424226, dated March 9th 2026.
Estimate € 25,000 - 35,000 SOLD FOR €425,000 (incl. premium)
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FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A DESCENDANT OF THE ARMOUR FAMILY
LOT 40 A RARE & COLLECTIBLE 18TH CENTURY HARDSTONE AND GEM-SET CANE HANDLE The gold handle modelled as a stylised daulphin figure, from whose wide-open jaws emerges a carved agate Zamora leaning with both hands on a shell, with a stylised gold turban embellished with rosecut diamonds and old cushion-shaped rubies, wearing similarly-cut ruby earrings and with emerald and ruby arm bracelets, dimensions approximately 10.5 x 8cm
Estimate € 8,000 - 12,000 SOLD FOR €131,250 (incl. premium)
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LOT 47 A FINE RUBY AND DIAMOND DRESS RING The elongated cushion-shaped ruby, within a four-claw setting and between halfmoon and bullet-shaped diamond shoulders, mounted in platinum, diamonds approximately 1.00ct total, ring size K½ Accompanied by a report from GCS laboratory in London, stating that the natural ruby weighing approximately 4.10cts is of Burmese (Mogok) origin, with no indications of heating. Report no. 5786-2433, dated April 17th 2026.
Estimate € 12,000 - 18,000 SOLD FOR €62,500 (incl. premium)
LOT 54 AN ART DECO ROCK CRYSTAL, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND-SET ‘BORNE’ FOLDING STRUT CLOCK, CIRCA 1915, BY CARTIER The circular dial with cream ground, decorated with gilt arrow motifs radiating from a central rosette, within a cobalt blue chapter ring with alternating Roman numerals in heart-shaped cartouches, the hands embellished with rose-cut diamonds, the hour hand with star-motif rose-cut diamond terminal, the bezel highlighted with rose-cut diamonds. The movement housed within a shaped borneform rock crystal case, the reverse with folding strut support, raised on a stepped base with applied diamond-set floral mounts. The reverse engraved Cartier N.Y., E.W. & C. Co. Inc., France, numbered 370; another number 149?, the movement signed Concord Watch Company, fifteen jewels, three adjustments, with integral winding crown
Estimate € 20,000 - 40,000 SOLD FOR €81,250 (incl. premium)
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LOT 96 A FINE DIAMOND DEMI-PARURE, CIRCA 1970, ATTRIBUTED TO HARRY WINSTON Composed of a necklace set at the centre with a series of graduated emerald-cut diamonds bordered by marquise-shaped diamonds, with two concealed clasps to enable the necklace to split into a shorter necklace and a bracelet, with a matching pair of pendant earrings, mounted in platinum, unsigned, bracelet clasp numbered 2 on both ends, necklace lengths 56.3cm and 40cm, bracelet length approximately 16.5cm, pendant earrings length 2.7cm Accompanied by an insurance valuation from Harry Winston S.A of New York, in Geneva Switzerland at 24, Quai Général Guisan, dated August 6th 1970 and signed by Serge Fradkoff
Estimate € 100,000 - 150,000 SOLD FOR €187,500 (incl. premium)
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LOT 35 A VERY RARE KASHMIR SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND CLUSTER RING, CIRCA 1890-1900 The elongated cushion-shaped sapphire within collet-setting, to a scalloped surround of old-cut diamonds and between knife-wire scrolling shoulders, to a reeded mount, ring size K Accompanied by a report from the SSEF laboratory in Switzerland, stating that the antique cushion-shaped sapphire weighing 3.532cts, is of Kashmir origin, with no indications of heating. Report no. 150846, dated December 10th 2025.
Estimate € 50,000 - 90,000 SOLD FOR €127,500 (incl. premium)
Kashmir sapphires hold a unique place in the world of fine gemstones. Their story begins in 1880, when a landslide in the Himalayan region of Kashmir exposed sapphire-bearing rock high in the mountains. The stones at first appeared among the debris almost by chance, and several accounts survive of the earliest discoveries, but once news of the find reached the ruling Maharaja, troops were sent to secure the area, and the finest stones were claimed for the Kashmir State Treasury. From 1882 to 1887, the so-called Old Mine near the village of Soomjam, in the Padar district, produced some of the largest and finest sapphires ever known. This brief period established Kashmir’s reputation almost immediately. By the end of 1887, however, the principal deposit had already been exhausted. The Maharaja, eager to uncover further riches, enlisted British assistance, and the geologist T. M. La Touche helped identify a second deposit lower in the valley. Yet this, too, proved short-lived, and later attempts to revive mining in the twentieth century were met with little success, hindered by the terrain’s remoteness and the region’s difficulties. What sets Kashmir sapphires apart above all is their colour. Often described as cornflower blue or blue velvet, they possess a softness and saturation unlike that of any other sapphires. Minute internal inclusions scatter the light, giving the stone its distinctive velvety appearance and a gentle glow that seems to emanate from within. Rather than diminishing their beauty, these delicate features lend depth and character, allowing the finest examples to remain vivid yet soft in all kinds of light. Across centuries and cultures, sapphires have been associated with wisdom, protection and fidelity. Today, Kashmir sapphires remain among the most coveted of all coloured gemstones.
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LOT 136 A COLLECTIBLE ‘MONETE’ PENDANT NECKLACE, CIRCA 1980, BY BULGARI Collet-set to the centre with a silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, the obverse portraying Heracles’ head wearing lion’s skin, the reverse depicting Zeus seating on his throne and inscribed ‘Alessandro Magno, Cilicia, M.1280’, suspended from a graduated curb-link chain, signed Bvlgari Italy 18K, with maker’s pouch, length 38.5cm, total gross weight approx. 128.6g Accompanied by its insurance valuation from Bvlgari New York, Hotel Pierre, 2 East 61st Street, dated February 12th 1981.
Estimate € 15,000 - 25,000 SOLD FOR €42,500 (incl. premium)
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LOT 88 A RARE AND COLLECTIBLE PAIR OF SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND ‘NOEUD DE PASSEMENTERIE’ EARCLIPS, CIRCA 1965, BY RENÉ BOIVIN, DESIGNED BY JULIETTE MOUTARD Each designed as a stylised knot, pavé-set with brilliant-cut diamonds, suspending two articulated tassels pavé-set with brilliant-cut diamonds, highlighted with two oval-shaped sapphire cabochon drops, mounted in 18K gold, diamonds approximately 12.00cts total, sapphires approximately 20.00cts total, signed R. Boivin, with maker’s marks for René Boivin, French assay marks, length 5cm
Estimate € 20,000 - 30,000 SOLD FOR €100,000 (incl. premium)
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LOT 89 A RARE AND COLLECTIBLE SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND ‘NOEUD DE PASSEMENTERIE’ BROOCH, CIRCA 1965, BY RENÉ BOIVIN, DESIGNED BY JULIETTE MOUTARD Designed as a stylised slightly articulated Hercules knot set throughout with brilliant-cut diamonds and circular-cut sapphires highlights, with oval-shaped cabochon sapphire drops, each weighing approximately 16.00cts, mounted in 18K gold, diamonds approximately 17.00cts total, signed René Boivin, with partial maker’s mark for René Boivin, French assay marks, length 7.6cm
Estimate € 30,000 - 40,000 SOLD FOR €50,000 (incl. premium)
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LOT 47 A RARE AND COLLECTIBLE CORAL AND DIAMOND DEMI-PARURE ‘ROSE DE NOËL’, CIRCA 1975, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Comprising a brooch designed as a flowerhead, with carved white coral petals, set to the centre with a cluster of brilliant-cut diamonds; together with a pair of matching earclips, all mounted in 18K gold, signed VCA, numbered, with maker’s mark ‘VCA’, French assay marks, with maker’s pouches, brooch length 5.3cm, earclips 3.1cm
Estimate € 25,000 - 35,000 SOLD FOR €40,000 (incl. premium)
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LOT 69 A DIAMOND, LACQUER AND GOLD BANGLE, CIRCA 1935, BY CARTIER The private collection of a Continental Lady The black lacquered cuff applied with a group of three textured gold flowers, each centring a European-cut diamond within claw setting, the surround scattered with gold ball studs, the interior signed ‘Cartier Paris’, ‘Or Gris’, ‘Déposé’, with maker’s mark for Cartier Société Anonyme, numbered, French assay mark, inner length from one terminal to the other approximately 13.2cm
Estimate € 3,000 - 5,000 SOLD FOR €25,000 (incl. premium)
LOT 85 A GOLD ZODIAC PENDANT, BY TIFFANY & CO. The circular textured gold plaque, depicting a Taurus on the front, the reverse with applied polished gold Taurus symbol, in 18K gold, signed Tiffany, with maker’s case, length (including bale): 3.2cm, total gross weight approx. 13.2g
Estimate € 1,000 - 1,500 SOLD FOR €4,250 (incl. premium)
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LOT 19 A 19TH CENTURY GOLD AND CORAL CHARM LOCKET BRACELET/NECKLACE The flexible snake-link chain, suspending seven graduating charms en suite, alternating between circular coral cabochons medallions set within ropetwist gold borders and polished gold lenticular globes, similarly encased in ropetwist surrounds, the central charm with glazed compartment on the reverse, each charm attached by a jump ring to the chain, the chain detaches to be worn as a bracelet or necklace, mounted in gold, bracelet length 16.8cm, necklace length 28.5cm
Estimate € 1,500 - 2,500 SOLD FOR €5,000 (incl. premium)
LOT 73 A RETRO RUBY AND DIAMOND TANK RING, FRENCH, CIRCA 1945 The bombé mount designed as two overlapping scroll-form bands, one channel-set with calibré-cut rubies (probably synthetic), the other with brilliant-cut diamonds, to a tapered hoop, mounted in 18K gold, ring size J
Estimate € 2,500 - 3,500 SOLD FOR €4,000 (incl. premium)
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LOT 121 CARTIER, DESIGNED BY LISA SOTILIS: A SILVER GILT ‘PÉPITE’ BELT/NECKLACE, CIRCA 1965-70 The bombé mount designed as two overlapping scroll-form bands, one channel-set with calibré-cut rubies (probably synthetic), the other with brilliant-cut diamonds, to a tapered hoop, mounted in 18K gold, ring size J
Estimate € 7,000 - 8,000 SOLD FOR €20,000 (incl. premium)
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Two Rare Kashmir Sapphires 8.24cts & 6.53cts, with SSEF & Gubelin Lab. Reports, 2025 Price Realized: €660,000 & 650,000
FINE JEWELLERY AUCTION Tuesday 1 December 2026
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Contact Director: Claire Mestrallet jewellery@adams.ie
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