Description
Materials: natural Colombian emeralds (GIA report 1216731398), solid 22k yellow gold (umarked; tested with electronic gold tester & nitric-muriatic acid)
Weight: 24.95 grams total (9.95 g pendant, 15 g earrings)
Workmanship origin: Spain
Dimension of pendant: 53 mm height, 31 mm width, 8.6 mm depth
Dimension of earrings: 37 mm height, 17.5 mm width
Dimension of emeralds: 22 total (measured in mm) — one 5 x 4.25, one 4 x 3, one 3.75 x 3.25, one 3 x 2.75, one 5.75 x 3.75, one 5 x 4,one 4.25 x 3.5, one 3.25 x 3, one 3.5 x 3.5, one 5.25 x 3.75, one 4.5 x 4, one 3.8 x 3.5, one 3.5 x 3.2, one 4.6 x 4, two 4.5 x 3.5, one 4.8 x 3.6, one 4.75 x 4.25, four 2 x 2
Approx. weight of emeralds: 4.1 ctw
Condition: one emerald in the cross pendant with a shallow side chip (difficult to spot; looks like a facet). One emerald in an earring drop with a side/corner chip. Age related nibbling, pin-sized cavities, and facet junction wear to the emeralds (loupe visible, not glaring to the naked eye). Some minor nibbling to the rub-over collets. The cross pendant in original form and condition. The pendeloque earrings with some traces of reinforcement lead solder to the joints (does not appear to be repair for damage). Both earrings’ center bow elements have a small circular sheet of later gold backing for reinforcement, with old solder beneath.