Ernest Blyth citrine diamond & 18ct yellow & white gold brooch
This magnificent brooch is by the British jeweller Ernest Blyth.
It is an elongated oval shape and made of a series of layered textured & polished 18ct yellow gold irregularly perforated tubes. These tubes support & frame a large oval claw set yellow citrine with an estimated weight of 85ct.
Three small round diamonds set in 18ct white gold claws are positioned at one end of the citrine, with one small round diamond also set in 18ct white gold claws at the other end. The total estimated weight of the 4 diamonds is 0.15ct.
There is a double pin, one of the pins fits into a trombone fastener.
The brooch is hallmarked by the London Assay Office for 1971 & 18ct gold & bears the sponsor's mark ‘EAB’ for Ernest Blyth.
Approximate dimensions:
Length of brooch: 2.87ins - 7.3cms
Width of brooch: 1.77ins - 4.5cms
Weight: 1.98ozs - 56.1gms
£6,550.00
Condition: Very good. The fastener is secure
Product is not available in this quantity.
Weights, colours & clarities of the stones are estimated as the stones have been examined and measured in their settings. Where the stones carry an independent certificate this will be indicated.
Ernest Blyth started his career in 1957 with a part-time course at the Central School of Arts & Crafts, followed by an apprenticeship in assaying at the London Assay Office of the Goldsmiths’ Company.
His first abstract brooches were shown in the International Exhibition of Modern Jewellery in 1961 & were acquired by the Goldsmith’s Company for its Collection.
He joined H.J. Company Ltd where Andrew Grima was the lead designer. In 1962 he pioneered batch production silver jewels inspired by the Danish designer Henning Koppel, which were sold by Ivan Tarratt Jewellers in Leicester.
In 1966 he opened a joint workshop in Shepherd Market with the jeweller, Frances Beck, who had also worked for Andrew Grima. Blyth & Beck won two De Beers Diamonds International Awards.
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