Right-o. Installment 3: new purchases owing to wedding (actually, owing to the pleasure of owning the preciousss stones; any excuse will do).
To the tone of Wagner's
Bridal Chrous from "Lohengrin" (or Mendelssohn's
Wedding March from "A Midsummer's Night Dream" if you prefer), OMC productions proudly proposes...
1. Any bride should wear a bit of yellow by DBL 
Sparkly yellow.
I just love how the different shades of yellow play out - not that we don't like them, but no green or brown here. In steady, diffused light it is very very even and intense yellow - see the first picture above, in natural light. Part of the difference that comes out under strong lighting is because some of the stones have fluorescence (the .40 ct in the centre, for example, is strong blue, but some of the smaller stones are strong orange).
Stats: 3.95 cttw of VS/SI fancy intense yellow. Stones range from 5 to 40 points, and there's 41 in all. That's assuming I counted them right. I trust David did.
When worn, it does take quite a bit of finger real estate
Even in natural light, it ain't shy. We have had people asking us about it pretty much whenever it was worn. And as you'll see in the wedding photos, it's actually visible in a full-figure shot
2. A bride should be seen with a lot of yellow, and a little pink
0.51 cttw Fancy Light Pink Radiants, together with 1.13 ct of E/VS2 square emerald. Not quite an Asscher, but none the less a well cut stone. We should call this particular ring
the pink dust trap: the photos were taken after washing in alcohol, rinsing and drying with a chamois cloth. Thank goodness it is not huge...
And the pink is pink under any and all light conditions
With flash and in natural light
When worn it's a very pretty, sparkly and unobtrusive piece. It made a nice surprise...
DW was not wearing this at the wedding, but she keeps wearing it now as an ER (better 24 years late than never, huh?).
3. Something blue and something green are de rigueur, but nobody said they could not go together, like in this pair of Italian earclips from the 1980s
which I think look even better when worn. And are very difficult to photograph. Darn emeralds keep coming out looking like jade beads.
No idea of the stats, but there's 41 RBC diamonds per earring at about 7-9 points each. The emeralds I'd say are about 2 ct each and although heavily included are a lovely grass green.
Now, strictly speaking, Mrs OMC was
not wearing this blue and green, since her earrings were these:
which you already know as a 1920s platinum pair with OEC diamonds. They look even better in natural light (though they sparkle less, but I'm not going to start making movies).
however, she
did wear something blue after all...
.. with a lot of white diamonds. Necklace/clips by M, T & H, circa 1945. Even though it's not exactly a light piece, it works very well.
4. No wedding is complete without something red
an interesting bow-tie bracelet from 1957 (UK hallmarks), with a good 4 cttw of G/H RBC diamonds, and 4.5 cttw of Burma rubies. And it has a little secret...
a small, backwind JLC watch!
I think it's very wearable as a bracelet, too.
(actually, Mrs OMC was not wearing this at the wedding, but a white gold JLC Reverso which went better with the rest of the outfit; we did comply with the colour rules but some of
those pieces will not
ever be for public display).
5. Even the groom shall wear an interesting piece of jewellery
A pair of 1950 white gold, diamond and sapphire cufflinks. Notable because the sapphires are invisibly set - with the true rail-based
serti mysterieux technique - and because even the sides are set with diamonds
...erm, that's it. Now if you excuse me, I have to go see the bankruptcy advisor.
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