An Early 20th Century Emerald and Diamond Pendant, by Marcus & Co., Circa 1920


The step-cut emerald, within a brilliant-cut diamond double surround, accented by calibré-cut emeralds, suspended from a similarly set surmount, completed by a fine box-link chain, diamonds approximately 5.85 carats total, principal emerald approximately 10.00 carats, signed Marcus & Co., pendant surmount detachable, lengths: pendant 4.2cm, chain 40.5cm
|Accompanied by a SSEF report stating that the natural emerald has no indications of clarity enhancement and originates from Colombia. Report number 98540, dated 7 March 2018.二十世紀早期祖母綠配鑽石吊墜,約1920年代,Marcus & Co.鑽石共重約5.85克拉, 祖母綠重約10.00克拉MARCUS AND CO Founded in New York in the 19th century by Herman Marcus, a German immigrant to New York who began his US career working at Tiffany & Co, and his sons William and George. An initial partnership with a George B. Jacques had the firm trading under the name Jacques & Marcus until 1892 when Jacques retired and the company began trading as Marcus & Co. Known as widely for their subtle, intricate and innovative techniques as for their use of exceptional gemstones, the Marcus triumvirate enjoyed huge success in a remarkably short period. Having successfully navigated the Depression, the onset of World War II and accompanying luxury taxes proved too much and the firm was sold to Gimbels in 1941 and it subsequently merged with Black, Starr & Frost in 1962. 德國移民赫爾曼•馬庫斯（Herman Marcus舆 他兩個兒子William及 George於19世紀在紐約創立了Marcus & Co，最初與合作夥伴喬 治•雅克斯（George B. Jacque）以Jacques & Marcus作為公司名字，直到1892年雅克斯退休，該公司才改名為Marcus & Co。他們以低調, 但複雜而創新的工藝, 及使用優質彩色寶石而聞名，馬庫斯在非常短的時間內便取得了巨大成功，公司更可以順利過度經濟大蕭條，可惜因爆發第二次世界大戰及隨之而來的奢侈品稅影响，最後其公司在1941年賣了給Gimbels，並於1962年與 Black，Starr及Frost合併。