Harry Winston (March 1, 1896 – December 8, 1978) was an American jeweler. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at £726 and tops out at £1,531,951, while pieces like these, on average, can sell for £24,592.Stephanie Winston Wolkoff (granddaughter by adoption) Prices for Harry Winston jewellery & watches can differ depending upon gemstone, time period and other attributes. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider jewellery & watches by Concierge Diamonds Inc. While this collection reflects work that originated over various time periods, most of these items were designed during the 21st century and contemporary. We have 137 pieces in this collection as well as a number of other designs by this jeweler. While looking for the most stylish antique or vintage Harry Winston jewelry to pair with your ensemble, you’ll find that Harry Winston diamond jewellery & watches, from our inventory of 116, can add a particularly distinctive touch to your look. Each of these unique items was designed with extraordinary care, often using platinum. On 1stDibs, find a stunning collection of Harry Winston jewelry that includes bracelets, wedding rings, engagement rings and other accessories.įind a range of Harry Winston jewellery & watches available on 1stDibs. His storied past and long legacy is continued by the House of Harry Winston and its salons in Japan, the United Kingdom and elsewhere. He regularly showed off his collection in touring exhibitions, such as the 1949 “Court of Jewels,” which featured the Hope diamond. Winston was renowned for his eye for the finest of gemstones and the ability to design pieces in order to best flaunt their natural dazzle. Winston was also a pioneer of marketing as the first jeweler to dress an Academy Awards nominee when he loaned some diamond jewelry to Jennifer Jones for the 1944 Oscar ceremony. The rarity and beauty of the gemstones he pursued and presented in his boutiques made the Winston brand synonymous with excellence.

Many others followed, including the 726.60-carat Vargas from Brazil which, in 1938, he tracked down across multiple continents after he read a brief newspaper notice about its discovery.

The first of the celebrated diamonds to be purchased by Winston was the 726-carat uncut Jonker, acquired in 1935. in 1932, where he influenced 20th-century-jewelry trends by always elevating the stones rather than adding the lavish decorations that had pervaded jewelry in the 19th century. His early success involved turning that eye to estate sale collections that he transformed by freeing gemstones from dated ornamentation, giving them new cuts and modern settings. Winston’s father had immigrated to New York from Ukraine and ran a small jewelry shop where a young Harry learned about precious stones, enough, the story goes, to identify a real emerald in a heap of pawnshop jewelry at the age of 12. Today, Winston is regarded as the “King of Diamonds” and the “Jeweler to the Stars” as one of the first to recognize the branding power of lending glitzy earrings, necklaces and other fine jewelry for red-carpet events. Among the famed gemstones that Harry Winston (1896–1978) encountered over the course of his career was the Hope diamond, which he donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958.

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