#platinium

The Winter Egg,

Fabergé Imperial Easter Egg with Original Surprise Given by Tsar Nicholas II to his Mother, The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorova at Easter 1913.

On a rock-crystal base formed as a block of melting ice, applied with platinum-mounted rose-diamond rivulets, the hinged rock-crystal detachable egg held vertically above by a pin and with rose-diamond set platinum borders, graduated around the hinge and enclosing at the top a cabochon moonstone painted on the reverse with the date 1913.

The thinly carved transparent body of the egg finely engraved on the interior to simulate ice crystals, the outside further engraved and applied with similar rose-diamond set platinum motif, opening vertically to reveal the surprise - a platinum double-handled trelliswork basket.

Set with rose-diamonds and full of wood anemones, suspended from a platinum hook, each flower realistically carved from a single piece of white quartz with gold wire stem and stamens, the centre set with a demantoid garnet, some carved half open or in bud, the leaves delicately carved in nephrite, emerging from a bed of gold moss.

Workmaster Albert Holmström, St. Petersburg, designed by Alma Theresia Pihl, the surprise engraved FABERGÉ 1913,

Overall height 14.2 cm; height of the egg 10.2 cm; height of surprise 8.2 cm

A White & Black Jade 'Twin Cat' Group,

China, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century,

Platinum bail set with diamonds,

H: 4,6 cm. (1 ¾ in.)

The Marie-Thérèse Pink JAR colored diamond ring.

The 10.38 carat stone is believed to date to the mid-18th century and was once owned by Duchess Marie-Thérèse d’Angoulême, the only surviving child of Queen Marie Antoinette.

According to royal tradition, the queen entrusted her jewels to her loyal coiffeur before her failed escape from Paris in 1791. Many of those jewels were later passed to Marie-Thérèse. While uncertain if this specific diamond was among the storied cache, what is known is that the jewel belonged to Marie-Thérèse, who bequeathed it to her niece, Duchess Marie-Thérèse de Chambord, and was later acquired by Queen Marie Theresa of Bavaria, who referred to it in her will as ‘a pink solitaire diamond from Aunt Chambord.’

It remained part of the royal family’s own storied collection and was henceforth passed down for generations until it sold in 1996. Later, the current owner tapped legendary jewellery designer Joel Arthur Rosenthal, known as JAR, to design a new setting for the diamond as the centrepiece of a stunning ring.

Fancy purple-pink modified kite brilliant-cut diamond of 10.38 carats, round diamonds, blackened platinum.

Size/Dimensions: US ring size 5¼; hairpin 12.7 cm (5 in).

Lydia Dona, "Platinum Journeys," 2016,

Oil, acrylic, enamel, and iron oxide on canvas,

Cartier Breloque “Coeur Cartier,” 1929. 

A heart-shaped cabochon ruby, crossed through by platinum and diamond studs. 

Garbage Watch,

Most of the 50 million tonnes of electronic waste that’s generated every year are treated like garbage even though it isn’t – this realization is what got Vollebak,  to focus their attention on the electronic waste gathering on our planet.

You’ll find 7% of the world’s gold in e-waste!

The Garbage Watch is made by repurposing the electronic waste we throw out every year. Rapidly changing technology has given rise to a culture of disposable electronics – everything from phones to TV, gadgets are not designed to last long. 

This electronic waste contains many of the world’s precious metals like silver, platinum, copper, nickel, cobalt, aluminum, and zinc.