Cute critters

These creepy crawlies might give you a fright if you encounter them in the garden, but in jewellery form they have the opposite effect.

28 October 2016
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  • Daniela Villegas choker necklaces
    Daniela Villegas’ Backyard collection is full of creepy crawlies that you would normally go out of your way to avoid. Beetles are a recurring theme, but no stone is left unturned. These velvet chokers (£1,932; £2,412) feature a gold centipede and a pair of stag beetles clasping green garnets.
  • Stephen Webster Fly by Night Grasshopper ring
    Stephen Webster’s Fly by Night Grasshopper ring ($10,500) has incredibly lifelike eyes – two perfectly smooth cabochon tsavorites. Perched atop a white gold ring, its legs and head are set with lush green tsavorites, while its body was created using Webster’s innovative Crystal Haze technique.
  • George Pragnell Summer Bug brooch
    A black opal forms the body of this Summer Bug brooch (POA) from George Pragnell’s Masterpiece collection. It is the unusual colour combinations I love most – the glow of the opal combined with cabochon coral eyes and carved chalcedony wings, topped with a Fancy Intense greenish blue diamond.
  • Lydia Courteille leaf spider brooch
    From Lydia Courteille, queen bee of the surreal, comes this spider brooch (€59,000), which takes the world’s most feared creepy crawlie and turns it into a work of art. With a moonstone body and legs sprouting green garnet leaves, this giant arachnid can scuttle over me any day.   
  • Bentley & Skinner bee brooch
    If you haven’t been to Bentley & Skinner’s London Piccadilly boutique yet, you should. Its range of antique jewellery is one of the best in Britain, but you will find plenty of contemporary pieces there too, like this adorable, chubby-cheeked bee brooch (£32,500).
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Claire Roberts

CLAIRE ROBERTS

Claire has worked in luxury publishing for 20 years as a magazine editor with a focus on watches and jewellery, so she is an old hand at roaming the Baselworld and Couture Vegas fairs, searching out exquisite things. Claire joined ...

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