12th Jul, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver
2250
An Elizabeth II Diamond and Enamel-Set Limited Edition Silver-Gilt Casket
by Richard Jarvis and Ian Calvert, London, 2012, The Enamel by Gillie Hoyte Byrom, Number 1 From a Limited Edition of 6
made to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth, oblong and on four fluted block feet, the hinged cover chased with rays and centring an oval painted enamel plaque after the 1953 coronation photograph by ‘Baron’ Stirling Henry Nahum, depicting her majesty facing left, her hand resting on a gilt chair back, wearing a pink strapless dress with a blue riband over her left shoulder with the star of the Order of the Garter, a brooch on the shoulder, further wearing a diamond diadem, a kokoshnik tiara and chandelier diamond earrings, within a diamond surround, the front engraved with a view of Windsor Castle and the sides with diamond set fixed handles and the dates 1952-2012, the back engraved with the proclamation, the interior velvet-lined, in fitted gilt-tooled green-leather covered case
the casket 21.5cm wide
£3,000 - £5,000
Buyer's premium: 24.00%
Fully marked as expected. In good condition. Some minor scratches to the outer leather-covered case.
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Auction: Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 12th Jul, 2025
Held three times a year, the Fine Sales offer the top tier of Jewellery, Watches and Silver.
Jewellery has a focus on important diamonds and coloured stones, fine period pieces and jewellery by important designers such as Cartier, Bulgari, Boucheron, and Van Cleef & Arpels.
Watches include those by the leading names in the collectable and luxury watch market, including Jaeger le Coultre, Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, Patek Philippe, Omega, Breitling, Tag Heuer and Vacheron & Constantin.
The Silver section of the sale includes flatware, tableware, centrepieces and objects of vertu. The department handles items spanning five hundred years of the silversmiths’ craft, from antique silver made by the likes of Paul Storr, Robert Hennell, Robert Garrard and the Chawner Family to pieces by the top names in modern and contemporary silver design such as Gerald Benney, Stuart Devlin, Hector Miller and Brian Asquith.
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