Of geometric textured design, set with a pear-shaped amethyst, highlighted with brilliant- and single-cut diamonds, signed G.Facchini, dated 1974, gross weight approximately 55 grams.

Giorgio Facchini, born in 1947 in Fano, Italy, began working for a goldsmith at the age of ten where he learned the technical skills of metalwork. Later becoming a sculptor, he rose to prominence with his conceptual and sculptural “Informale” and “Spatialism” jewels. In 1967 he won first prize at the Bevilacqua La Masa foundation in Venice and two years later undertook a new adventure in his jewellery designs introducing movement into his creations. This was to mark the beginning of “Kinetic” jewels, using jewellery as a medium to create moving sculpture. The idea was to fascinate Pierre Cardin who subsequently invited the artist to his Paris show for his catwalk project. Later in 1971 with his kinetic jewels Giorgio Facchini won the first prize at the 6^th Biennale d’Arte del Metallo, Gubbio.