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Cartier

An Art Deco Silver and Porcelain Limoges Ash Tray Set,
with rose quartz handles, by Cartier, circa 1930

----- A Gold and Sapphire 'Serpenti' Bracelet Watch,
by Bulgari, circa 1960

----- An Antique Multi-gem and Rock Crystal
Butterfly Locket Pendant

FD IN FOCUS

Historians have a variety of
explanations for how Henry V's
English forces prevailed against the
French, even though they were
outnumbered six to one. Some cite
discipline, others the long bow;
but there is one group that believes it
was the jewel in Henry's helmet.
The stone, which now sits in the
center of the Imperial state crown,
was called the 'Black Prince's Ruby',
but it is in fact a 170 carat red spinel.
Considered more rare than diamonds,
and often mistaken for rubies or
sapphires, spinels come in lavenders
and blood reds from Burma; bright
pinks from Tanzania; and deep blues
and purples from Vietnam.

ART AT FD

Clifford Ross

In 2002, in an effort to photograph Mount Sopris
in Colorado, Clifford Ross invented and received a
patent for the R1 camera. In 2005, he designed
and built the R2 360 degree video camera, as well
as the i3 Digital Cyclorama. These digital
innovations would eventually lead him to 3D
computer generated animation and the creation
of hi Harmonium Mountain pieces.

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Harmonium Mountain IV. (2007) by Clifford Ross