Silvia Furmanovich, Hand-Painted Miniature, Diamond, and Cultured Pearl 'India' Earrings

Featuring hand-worked miniature paintings depicting the sky and landscape rendered on plaques, bordered by round brilliant cut diamonds weighing approximately 1.30 carats total and suspended from golden cultured pearls (origin of color not tested) measuring approximately 11.80 mm. Mounted in 18 karat gold. 2 1/2 inches long
Stamp: SF 750.
Gross weight: 19.75 dwt.

Accompanied by a Silvia Furmanovich pouch.

Property from an Important San Francisco Collector

Silvia Furmanovich was born in São Paulo, into a family of Italian goldsmiths. Her father was a goldsmith, and her great-grandfather created ecclesiastical pieces for the Vatican. She first launched her eponymous jewelry brand in 1998 as appointment-only before opening her boutique in 2009. Handmade in São Paulo, Furmanovich draws on Brazil's natural landscape and vibrant colors in her anthropologically inspired designs. She is known for her use of traditional, ancestral methods and incorporation of unusual materials. In 2022, she was invited by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to design a series of pieces for its Heirloom Project, which celebrated the work of craftsmen across the globe as part of the 10th anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum's reimagined Islamic Wing. She won Town & Country’s “Collection of the Year” jewelry award in 2018 and was nominated for the Jewelry Design Award at the Jewelers of America GEM Awards in 2019.