“From my earliest memories, I’ve been drawn to the unique textures and vibrant colours you only find in the natural world. Wherever I go, whatever I see, certain images and the feelings they invoke remain with me. It seems that it is on these memories I call when I am designing my jewellery.”
Margot McKinney oam
Inspired by the Great Barrier Reef of Margot’s native Queensland, Australia, the gems have been arranged to evoke the colours of the shimmering tropical waters of the Coral Sea and the marine theme is underscored by the pearls – all of which were painstakingly harvested over several years from the pristine seas of Australia’s far-north.
A spectacular collier that showcases three extraordinarily large gems at its centre: a large seafoam aquamarine of 241.14ct, a green beryl (109.48ct) and an aquamarine (65.72ct)
SIZE:
32.5 cm / 12.8” (LENGTH)
18 cm / 7.1” (WIDTH)
RARE BAROQUE
26 x 30 mm
TWENTY-FOUR DOUBLE STRAND PEARLS 17-22 mm
The collier is completed with two more aquamarines (32.44ct), two green tourmalines (15.88ct and 24.09ct), green beryl (22.47ct) along with diamonds, blue sapphires, green tourmalines, Paraiba tourmalines, aquamarines and tsavorites.
Marina was the centrepiece of Margot’s debut exhibition at the 2025 TEFAF Maastricht art fair in the Netherlands in March, and is one of four masterwork pieces created by her specially for the occasion.
