A prima ballerina caught mid-turn, one arm swept overhead, her tutu fringed with a row of tiny red, blue and green stones like a string of footlights. She is applied in high relief to an oval plaque with a Florentine (brushed crosshatch) ground, framed in an openwork scalloped border that could pass for a proscenium arch.
The 1960s were the golden years of the charm bracelet, and the ballet boom years too: Rudolf Nureyev's 1961 leap to the West and his partnership with Margot Fonteyn made dancers front-page news. This charm is fully of its moment, and it works as a pendant as well.
The Details
- Era: 1960s
- Metal: 14k yellow gold
- Stones: Six small round stones appearing to be ruby, sapphire and emerald (untested)
- Measurements: 33.5 mm
- Weight: 5.4 grams
- Condition: Very good; all stones present.
A prima ballerina caught mid-turn, one arm swept overhead, her tutu fringed with a row of tiny red, blue and green stones like a string of footlights. She is applied in high relief to an oval plaque with a Florentine (brushed crosshatch) ground, framed in an openwork scalloped border that could pass for a proscenium arch.
The 1960s were the golden years of the charm bracelet, and the ballet boom years too: Rudolf Nureyev's 1961 leap to the West and his partnership with Margot Fonteyn made dancers front-page news. This charm is fully of its moment, and it works as a pendant as well.
The Details
- Era: 1960s
- Metal: 14k yellow gold
- Stones: Six small round stones appearing to be ruby, sapphire and emerald (untested)
- Measurements: 33.5 mm
- Weight: 5.4 grams
- Condition: Very good; all stones present.