Fingers holding a small green wax wing while a pointed tool works along its inner outline.The complete Naissance de l’Amour automaton on a dark blue ground, with Cupid above a feathered basket and a patterned stone base.

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Naissance de l’Amour

Green wax, a drawn gesture and a Cupid emerging from feathers. The making of Van Cleef & Arpels’ Naissance de l’Amour reveals the sculpture…

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A close view of the steel Reverso world-time display, its blue map, hour ring and engraved cities.The blue-dial steel Reverso Tribute Geographic suspended between warm wooden planes above a woven surface.

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A world behind the dial

A blue dial keeps the first impression quiet. Turn the Reverso Tribute Geographic and a miniature map opens a different scale of time: cities,…

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The complete Mikimoto Jeux de Rubans double-strand Akoya necklace on a white display bust.Several Mikimoto pearl strands curving across a pale blue marble surface, with decorative clasps and small M charms visible.

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The line of light

A pearl strand draws the eye towards the face. With Mikimoto Akoya, length, rhythm and the smallest ribbon of diamonds become part of dressing…

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The complete blue cushion-shaped sapphire and diamond ring, viewed from above on a white background.A model wearing a large blue cushion-shaped sapphire ring in Phillips’ catalogue portrait, her hand near her face.

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The stone and its words

A blue sapphire draws the eye before its laboratory reports enter the conversation. A real ring and its accompanying documents show how to read…

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Robert Roskell gold pocket watch with Roman numerals and a small seconds dial.

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Inside a Gold Roskell: The Date in the Case

A richly worked gold dial, an engine-turned back and a signed movement: a Robert Roskell pocket watch shows how the parts of an object can be read together.

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