09-19-201709-19-2017
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3027BBoston
September 19, 2017 10:00 AMCalender
384

Antique Emerald and Diamond Brooch

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$110,700$90,000
Auction: Fine Jewelry - 3027BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 19, 2017 10:00AM

Description:

Antique Emerald and Diamond Brooch, centering a step-cut emerald measuring 9.55 x 9.50 x 4.65 mm, surrounded by old European-, old mine-, and rose-cut diamonds, lg. 5/8 in.

Note: Accompanied by AGL report no. 1085751, dated August 2, 2017, stating that the emerald is Classic Colombia origin with insignificant traditional enhancement.

Note: Lots 381 through 384 are from the estate of Natica Inches Bates Satterthwaite (1919-2015). She was the daughter of Oric Bates, who was an archaeologist at Harvard University, and Natica Ysnaga Inches Bates. The Bates family divided their time between Puritan Hill Farm in Groton and Boston. She graduated from the Winsor School and then attended the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture for Women. During World War II she was a member of the New England office of Dogs for Defense and the WAVES. She attended Bryn Mawr and then transferred to Radcliffe, where she majored in Politics. In 1961, she married James Satterthwaite, who was the chairman of the English department at Groton School. Together they developed their Freeport, Maine property, "Tidebrook", which is now part of the Freeport Conservation Trust.
Estimate $7,000-9,000

Approx. by formula 2.64 cts. Pin stem bent and does not clasp.


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Keywords

Oric Bates, James Satterthwaite, Bryn Mawr, Colombia