Auction announcements
29th April 2014
Objects are regular taxed. Differential taxation is not possible.

18 carat yellow gold
USA, 2000s
Seaman Schepps – founded in 1904
Each signed ‘seaman schepps’, marked with the purity ‘750’
Natural shell
4 facetted peridots with a total of approximately 4.00 carats
In original signed yellow cloth pouch
Height: 2.8 cm (each)
Weight: 32.1 grams (for the pair)
Very good condition

Seaman Schepps was regarded the most innovative American jeweler in the 1930s. The design put forward by his company have to this day kept this aspect and are of extraordinary ingenuity and great quality. This pair of green shell earrings is of recent manufacture. Seaman Schepps first created the design when one of his clients asked him to fashion a pair of earrings out of a turbo shell necklace that he had brought back from his travels. The wired shells with facetted gemstones were so popular that they have become one of the company’s signature designs. The mottled green turbo shells are wrapped with polished gold wire and set at the terminals with faceted oval peridots with their culet side up.



The pair of earrings is in very good condition. They are each signed with ‘seaman schepps’, bare the company’s logo and are marked with the purity ‘750’. The height is 2.8 cm each and the weight for the pair is 32.1 grams.

Seaman Schepps (1881-1972)

Seaman Schepps was born in Manhattan in 1881. In 1934 he opened his doors on Madison Avenue and was well on his way to being known as the most innovative American jeweler of his time. While on a trip around the world, Mr. Schepps was so enamored with Hong Kong that he stayed there for three month. Asian motifs play a large part in the Schepps repertoire. Schepps blended the unexpected — rosewood with gold, natural seashells set with precious stones. His client list included President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Duchess of Windsor, and members of the Du Pont, Mellon and Rockefeller families. When Seaman Schepps passed on in 1972, he left behind a legacy of truly innovative design concepts. Many renowned art collectors, including Andy Warhol, have become aficionados of Schepps’ work, collecting it as works of art. The Seaman Schepps tradition continues today with retail shops on Park Avenue in Manhattan and on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach Florida.