Cushion-cut Aquamarine and Platinum Cocktail Ring

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Unusually large cushion-cut aquamarine weighing approx. 22.50 carats with three baguette diamonds on each side. Mounted in a platinum cathedral setting with a scroll motif in the gallery and split prongs.

American, ca. 1950.

$27,000

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ALVR on DuJour

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ALVR Dujour mag Celebrating Royal Faberge coverage

Peter Carl Fabergé may be best known as the father of Fabergé eggs—those nonpareil Easter eggs originally commissioned by Russia’s emperor—but the jeweler’s work in fact comes in a vivid array of shapes and sizes. A selection of it can be found at the forthcoming exhibit “Celebrating Royal Fabergé – The Return” at A La Vieille Russie, the long-running gallery dedicated to Russian antiques. While rooted in Russian aristocracy, the curios reflect the global legacy of Fabergé, featuring a diverse range of designs sourced from far-reaching collections—including that of the British monarchy.

Read more over at DuJour.

ALVR in The Magazine Antiques

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ALVR in Antiques Mag Celebrating Royal Faberge

The Magazine Antiques wrote about our move and inaugural exhibition:

The storefront at the southwest corner of the Sherry-Netherland Hotel, at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in Manhattan, is covered by a construction shed just now. Whatever is built there will seem weird because whatever it is won’t be A La Vielle Russie…Fortunately, since last November, ALVR and its owners, the Schaffer family, have enjoyed a comfortable—and decidedly brighter—new commercial home a block away at 745 Fifth Avenue, above the Bergdorf-Goodman annex.

Read more here.