Jewellery & Watches - 19th July 2018
Lot 1001
KUNZ
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £3000
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Description
KUNZ, G. F., STEVENSON, C. H., The Book of the Pearl; The History, Art, Science and Industry of the Queen of Gems, (New York: The Century Co.: 1908)
With a handwritten inscription to the endpapers, reading 'To Miss Janet Kinney, with the sincerest best wishes of the senior author, George Frederick Kunz - New York, June 21 1928. Pearls are tears, By angels shed, To give mortals joy'.