All photographs by Paul Zak. All props courtesy of and available through Henry Gregory Antiques (www.henrygregoryantiques.com).
Boodles
From the Secret Garden collection: Laburnum long necklace featuring brilliant-cut yellow and white diamonds set in yellow gold, price on application; Laburnum pendant featuring brilliant-cut yellow and white diamonds in a double-drop floral motif, £25,500; Walled Gardens earrings set with tsavorites and brilliant-cut yellow and white diamonds, £22,500; Walled Garden yellow-gold ring featuring tsavorites and diamonds against enamel details, £8,000; Walled Garden bracelet featuring tsavorites and brilliant-cut yellow and white diamonds set in yellow gold, price on application. Boodles — 020–7493 3240; www.boodles.com
Susannah Lovis
Victorian coronet-cluster earrings featuring diamonds set in yellow gold, £5,500; yellow-gold bracelet with rainbow sapphires and diamonds, £4,000; Cartier La Dona ring featuring a trapeze-shaped citrine surrounded by diamonds, all set in yellow gold, £3,600; Bulgari diamond ring in yellow gold dating from about 1980, £5,500; Bulgari Bypass citrine ring in yellow gold, £2,600; Cartier Maillon Panthère diamond ring, £3,500; Asprey butterfly brooch featuring 148 round brilliant-cut diamonds set in 18-carat yellow gold, £15,500. Susannah Lovis — 020–7493 2008; www.susannahlovis.com
David Morris
Elizabeth collection: bracelet, from £26,000, and earrings, from £11,500, each featuring round brilliant and micro-set diamonds in 18-carat white gold; ring featuring an oval Padparadscha sapphire surrounded by a halo of diamonds, all set in rose gold, £26,000; eternity ring with graduated diamonds set in white gold, £3,300; Paraiba tourmaline ring with diamond-halo surround, all set in white gold, £14,800; pendant with diamond-halo surround, set in white gold, from £12,300. David Morris — 020–7499 2200; www.davidmorris.com
Humphrey Butler
Edwardian cluster ring featuring a cushion-shaped Burma ruby surrounded by diamonds, £6,750; Art Deco drop necklace with vari-cut diamonds, £35,000; vari-cut diamond wing ear clips, £6,500; articulated, tapering bracelet featuring old mine-cut diamonds in a fish-scale design, £19,000; antique diamond bombé ring, £6,000. Humphrey Butler — 020–7839 3193; www.humphreybutler.com
G. Collins & Sons
Nectar collection: diamond-set pendant with rose gold, £2,600; platinum ring, £2,150; yellow gold and platinum ring, £1,700; diamond-set platinum ring, £3,850; yellow-gold and diamond pendant, £1,650; diamond-set platinum and rose-gold bracelet, £13,650; triple-row Honeycomb bracelet, £33,800. G. Collins & Sons — 01892 534018; www.gcollinsandsons.com
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