Lot 101
Jacqueline Mina: A pair of diamond ‘Platinum Fusion-Inlay’ earrings 1989
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
Auction: 23 October 2024 From 14:00 BST
Description
Each curved brilliant-cut diamond line, suspending an oval undulating 18 carat gold plaque, centrally revealing a finely woven platinum “gauze”, signed Mina, maker's mark JKM, London hallmark, post fittings, length 5.8cm
Footnote
Jacqueline Mina OBE (b. 1942) is a celebrated British artist jeweller. She's been an innovator in the use of mix metals, particularly the fusion of platinum and gold, since the late 1980s. Examples of her work can be found in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Scotland, the Victoria & Albert Museum and The Goldsmith Company in London and the Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.
In 2000, Mina won the Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts: Jewellery for her “consistent innovation and significant contribution to contemporary jewellery … for subverting and taking precious metal techniques to the extreme.”
Mina attributes the origin of this ‘platinum fusion-inlay’ to visiting the Fortuny Palazzo in Venice, Italy where she took inspiration from the faded dévoré velvet drapes.
Also see lot 100.
