Every
so often we get lucky - really lucky - and get something that
customers would normally never expect to see on our site. We
snagged this from the display case of one of our dealer partners,
and will only have this for a short time.
It
is a one-of-a-kind, one-off solid 18K yellow gold multi-gem
bangle bracelet that will look familiar to fans of the still-current
Marietta Collection as it shares the same flowing-wave, staggered-blade
gemstone cut design. But whereas the Marietta Collection features
primarily rhodolite garnet, this features...everything.
It
starts with faceted blades of blue topaz, then shifts to gorgeous
periwinkle-hued iolite, then to amethyst, then rhodolite garnet,
which gently shifts to pure red garnet, then deep gold citrine,
then the most beautiful green tourmaline, and finally to peridot.
Decorating the edges of the gemstone waves are F/G color VS
clarity diamonds. And running through the center is another
wave if diamonds, which is punctuated by 4 large gemstones:
faceted peridot, citrine, amethyst and red garnet. And connecting
the 4 large gemstones are ribbons of smaller faceted rhodolite
garnets.
All
totaled it has 32.70 carats of colored, all-natural gemstones,
plus another 1.27 carats of diamonds (one of the highest diamond
counts we've ever had on a Bellarri piece). And you'll notice
that the ribbon of diamonds that weaves though the center continues
down onto the 18K gold of the bangle itself. We also included
some photographs showing the incredibly ornate trellice of gold
that forms the undercarriage of the bracelet.
Which
segues into the reason there's only 1 of these - perfectly executing
those blade cuts you see, across 8 different types of gemstones
all with different Mohs Scale (hardness) values, is incredibly
labor- and time-intensive. Too much so, in the case of this
particular design, which is why, as our dealer partner was all
too eager to enthusiastically explain, there's only one of them;
Bellarri decided it was simply too complex a piece to put into
production and to successfuly create at level of quality Bellarri
demands.
Which
also explains why there's no Bellarri collection designation
shown above - it was never assigned to a particular Bellarri
collection. It truly is a piece of jewelry artwork.
It
was created with a 6.75" interior wrist circumference,
but it can be sized - let us know what you need and we'll see
what's possible.
And
yes, despite being a one-off prototype, it's also retail-fresh
and looks as new and perfect as you'd hope. It's so beautiful,
and so perfectly executed, it's almost sad to look at it and
realize there won't be any more of them.
