Louisa Guinness Gallery, London

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Peter Hinks, Twentieth Century British Jewellery: 1900-1980, Faber and Faber, London, 1983, pp. 140, 142

William Grant, Andrew Grima: The Father of Modern Jewelry, ACC Art Books, New York, 2020, pp. 208, 211

Perfectly representative of Grima’s oeuvre in the early 1970s, this unique Citrine and Diamond Pendant/Brooch is a study in the combination of careful, symmetrical precision and a wild, natural messiness. At once geometric and curvilinear, its points of textured yellow-gold wire (a signature of independent London jewelers around this time) radiate out like a sunburst to showcase the magnificent citrine at its center. Working with his craftsmen at HJCo, Grima utilized gold and citrine frequently during this period. A matching 1971 ring can be seen in William Grant, Andrew Grima: The Father of Modern Jewelry, ACC Art Books, New York, 2020, p. 208 and a simi🐭lar piece featuring the gold-wire details set with an opal, also 1971, can be found on p. 211 of the same book. 'Grima

wanted to make big jewe💮ls that were daring, fantastic, even flamboyant but wit❀hout being clumsy or brash,' scholar Peter Hinks wrote in his seminal study of twentieth-century jewelry (p. 140). This brooch is bold and striking and yet tempered by the careful detail of its surround.