Since it's the diamond-jubilee year of Queen Elizabeth, some of the jewelry brands, particularly those with some, no matter how tangental, connection are putting out themed collections. To be fair, we've seen much sillier reasons for a themed collections!
The first pieces were all designed by Wendy Yue for Annoushka, all are 18kt white gold and set with diamonds, rubies, garnets and sapphires. The collection ranges in price from 11,000£ to 16500£.
| Serpent Ring | Lizard Ring |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Lion Ring. The coral-colored part of the crown is, in fact, cut and polished coral. | |
 | |
From Stephen Webster (previously mentioned) and Garrard comes a more obviously-connected collection. Garrard, apart from being the oldest jewelry house in the world, has a long-standing connection with the House of Windsor, including being the maker of most of the currently used crowns. There are 12 items in the Diamond Jubilee collection, each including the eponymous birthstone. June has an additional pearl in the orb set atop the crown.
| January pendent, set with Garnet | September pendent set with blue sapphire |
 |  |
From Theo Fennell comes a collection of rather bland, if nice, pieces. I think the rings, particularly the white-gold one, are nicer then either the earrings or the necklace.
| Yellow gold and amethyst } White gold and blue sapphire | |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Chandelier Earrings, set with rubies and pearls | Necklace set with a large, heart-shaped briolette-cut amethyst. |
 |  |
Finally a collection from Solange Azagury-Partridge(previously mentioned), the Regalia. It's an interesing melding of a couple of traditional elements, the ribbon from the "Order of the Garter" (the highest current order of chivalry) done in guilloche enamel and surrounded with rose-cut diamonds(an antique, low-facet-count cut rarely seen since the early 20th century). In the context of enameling, guilloche refers to the engine-work done under the surface of translucent enamel. It was perfected by, and most commonly seen, Fabergé's workshops.
| Regalia Ring in white gold and blue enamel, set with brilliant-cut diamonds | Cushion ring, white-gold and blue enamel set with a large cushion-cut diamond, with brilliant-cut diamonds as accent |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Regalia earrings, in the usual white gold, blue enamel and diamond | |
 |
A second part of this collection has a series of "titled" rings, all in enamel, gold and diamonds. The Duchess is my favorite, with the deep purple-blue and the central rose-cut stone.
| Countess | Duchess |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Princess | |
 |
There are a few other brands with Jubilee-themed pieces, Backes & Strauss (the oldest diamond house still in business), Georg Jensen and even the rejuvinated East India Company(previously mentioned), but they'll have to wait
(source)
A
Leave a comment