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...Cece Jewellery gold, diamond, ruby, sapphire and champlevé enamel Lovers’ Pendulum necklace, £43,860 Frank Foster vintage French voile bespoke shirt, from £300....
...Made in Holloway, north London, it ranges from a £330 key ring-inspired ring to a signature £22,750 ring reminiscent of an old-fashioned diving helmet with bars criss-crossing a 6.6-carat ruby cabochon....
...Annabel Davidson, a jewellery editor colleague of mine, shot back with a typically forthright, “I don’t know why more men don’t wear Elizabeth Gage’s rings, she loves a cabochon.” (Who doesn’t?)...
...The entry-level fine jewellery might include an Elizabeth Gage zodiac band ring from the ’80s – which is less than £2,000....
...“I see jewellery as a way to make history wearable,” says Gage, who revives these artefacts in rich gold settings....
...Lots include this 18-carat gold, enamel, cultured pearl and rose diamond brooch by Elizabeth Gage, worn by the actress here to a charity ball in 1990, and with an estimated value of between $5,000 and $7,000...
...Georgian love token rings often used a row of stones – such as ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst and diamond – with the first letter of each gem spelling a word such as “regard”....
...Elizabeth Gage, a Belgravia jeweller, has used enamelling in her pieces for 45 years....
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