Gold, Enamel, and Gem-Set Dragonfly Motif Necklace and Earrings, Marianne Hunter

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To include: a collar necklace, the central section with gold panels with dragonfly motifs in gold and enamel, set with full cut round and rectangular cut diamonds and with round and rectangular cut emeralds, with cultured pearl and emerald beads and completed with a hook and eye clasp, inscribed "An Emerald Light / Shimmers across the river / An emerald dancer following", signed and dated 91, numbered 1946, and marked 24K 14K (15 in.); along with a pair of earrings en suite with geometric panels with dragonfly motifs, set with enamel, full cut round and square cut diamonds, and round and square cut emeralds, with round cultured pearl and completed with an ear wire with hook latch, signed and dated 94, numbered 2016, and marked 24K 14K (1.5 in.).

35.0 dwt.

Marianne Hunter is an American jewelry artist known for cloisonné enamel work, with pieces in the Yale University Art Gallery, the Mint Museum, the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, LACMA, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Gemological Institute of America Museum. Her exhibitions span museum shows such as Transforming Vision and Beyond the Mines: The Art of Gold, and extensive gallery presentations with Aaron Faber Gallery, SOFA Chicago/New York, Del Mano Gallery, and Enamelist Society biennials, alongside international recognition from Japan Shippo juried exhibitions. Hunter’s work is featured in publications including Art Jewelry Today and The Art of Fine Enameling, and she has lectured for the Gemological Institute of America, ACC/SOFA programs, universities, and craft organizations.

Good estate condition; one faceted emerald with chip and several with surface reaching fractures, all visible under 10x magnification.

$2,000 - 3,000