An Impressive Diamond, Platinum Riviera Fringe Necklace.

Lot: 5026

Featuring sixty-seven round brilliant-cut diamonds graduating from approximately 1.62 ct. to 0.29 ct. and weighing a total of approximately 44.15 cttw., accented by sixty-seven graduated pear-cut diamonds weighing a total of approximately 10.55 cttw., set in a platinum riviera fringe style mounting, forming a 14 3/4 inch articulated necklace. Accompanied by original Laykins box. Total diamond weight for the necklace is approximately 54.70 cttw.
Gross Weight: 47.8 dwts
Provenance: From the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Fleishhacker Jr. Both third generation San Franciscans, Mortimer and his wife Janet were very involved in the civic life of San Francisco and are known throughout California for their Philanthropy. Janet was chairman of the board of the University of San Francisco and national president of Camp Fire Girls, among many other achievements. They hosted a 25th anniversary party for the United Nations at their estate in Woodside, CA (known as Green Gables) to which the diplomatic corps including the Secretary General U-Thant attended. Mortimer gifted this necklace to Janet as an anniversary present. Janet, a very fashionable woman, was routinely featured on the list of the 10 best dressed women in San Francisco. She wore this necklace to the openings of the opera, ballet and symphony where she sat in the Fleishhacker family box M which is situated in the center of the opera house. Janet left the necklace to her daughter Delia Ehrlich, who also wore it on those occasions. Mortimer Jr.s father, Mortimer Fleishhacker and his brother Herbert were involved in the early electrification of California and founding the Crown Paper Company which later merged to form Crown Zellerbach. He was a regent for the University of California and helped found the local chapter of what would become the United Way. His brother Herbert was a founder of both Fleishhacker Pool and Fleishhacker Zoo (now known as the San Francisco Zoo), while Mortimer Jr. himself was a founder of the public television station KQED.

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