A pair of gold and diamond pendent earclips, by Kutchinsky, circa 1970


The pear-shaped surmounts with a central cluster of brilliant-cut diamonds, within a textured surround of crinkled gold-foil design, suspending a detachable drop en suite, mounted in 18 carat gold, signed Kutchinsky, partial UK hallmark, diamonds approximately 3.00 carats total, length 5.3cm
|The Kutchinsky jewellery business was initially founded in 1893 by Hirsch Kutchinsky who fled his native Poland to Britain with his family. However, the Kutchinsky brand and Kutchinsky's jewels are much more associated with jewellery production from the 1960s. In 1958 Hirsch Kutchinsky's grandson, Joseph, moved the Kutchinsky shop from it's London premises from the East End to Brompton Road in Knightsbridge. The Kutchinsky business flourished. Their jewels were generally large scale, ostentatious and colourful – often utilizing semi-precious stones such as tiger's eye, coral, lapis and turquoise. Although the Kutchinsky business was sold in 1991 to Moussaieff Jewellers, Kutchinsky jewels from the second half of the Twentieth Century remain highly sought after today.