Robert Wander (American, 1942 to 2019). A stunning 78.6% gold pendant (equivalent to 18K+) in the form of a cross with inlaid champagne diamonds and sapphires in hues of light yellow, scarlet, and tangerine and strung on a twisted black necklace cord. The beautiful adornment features arms of equal length, each with flared, bifurcated terminals. A suspension clasp at the top, also lined with stones, allows it to be strung on a black cord with a lobster claw clasp and worn as a pendant. Robert Wander's maker mark of "RW" can be seen at the center of the verso of the pendant, while the clasp is stamped with "18 K" for the gold quality and "0 190 / S28." Size (pendant): 1.4" W x 1.9" H (3.6 cm x 4.8 cm); (necklace strand): 16.5" L (41.9 cm); gold quality: 78.6% (equivalent to 18K+); weight: 11.5 grams

Robert Wander was a fine jewelry designer renowned for this work with vibrantly colored gemstones. He was among the first designers to travel to Hong Kong in the mid-1980's to find ways to produce fine jewelry at a very high level of craftsmanship, while making it available to a much broader audience. Along the way he helped found a jewelry production house, DWL, in Hong Kong, which would rise to global renown owing much to Wander’s challenging designs. Wander pioneered the use of single cut, fractured, yet beautifully colored, tourmalines, aquamarines and so many other gems, which had been mostly ignored, into jewelry that had both humor and a sense of ancient royalty.

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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#172949

Intact, excellent, and wearable as a pendant. Accompanied by modern jewelry box.