We adore Tahitian pearls. Ovals shading from storm‑blue to violet and bottle‑green, with that subtle metallic bloom you only see in serious ocean pearls. Unlike gemstones fashioned by the lapidary's wheel, these pearls are authored by the living rhythms of the ocean, each one carrying a shape and color that can never be duplicated.
At their bases, a small fan of marquise diamonds flares outward, each stone set tip‑to‑tip to form a crown of light, so that the pearls appear to rise from a cluster of frost. One brilliant cut adorns each cluster. The facets reflect the entire cluster back into the pearl's surface, so that the stone appears to carry its own constellation of starlight amidst its already prismatic layers.
Founded in 1613 and still family‑run today, Mellerio is the oldest independent haute joaillerie house in Europe, a jeweler of queens whose workshop has been perched above 9 Rue de la Paix since the early nineteenth century. Their archives run from Marie de’ Medici through Marie‑Antoinette to Empress Eugénie, and the Maison’s own 57‑facet Mellerio cut, an oval inscribed within an ellipse, summarizes centuries of French jewelry geometry in a single stone.
Tahitian pearls of this quality, with such saturated color and even surface, are already rare; paired with old‑house French craftsmanship and a lineage that runs back four centuries along Rue de la Paix, these mid-century marvels are extraordinary heirlooms, timeless as the ocean that made them.
Designer: Mellerio Dits Meller
Period: Mid-20th Century
Year: 1960s
Material: Platinum
Measurement: --mm
Condition: Very good
Weight: 00 Grams
Includes: Original Mellerio Box
Made in France
