1970 SARAH COVENTRY Gold Modernist Necklace

1970 SARAH COVENTRY Gold Modernist Necklace

• 40cm
• 22 carat gold plating

Please be mindful that this piece has led a previous life, and may tell its story through minor imperfection. Purchasing this item continues its narrative, so you can be confident that you’re making a positively conscious choice for the planet.

About Sarah Coventry

Founded in 1949 by Charles Stuart, Sarah Coventry was named via the combination of his granddaughter’s first name and the town of Coventry in England—where the Stuart family had emigrated from. 

Sarah Coventry was one of the most popular jewellery brands of the mid-20th century. Today, its pieces from the 1960s and ’70s are especially prized by costume-jewellery collectors.

Many of the company’s signature pieces share stylistic characteristics. For example, Sarah Coventry jewellery tends to feature cabochons and marquise-cut rhinestones rather than densely packed grids or endless rows of smaller sparklers. Base metals were usually gold-tone or silver-tone, sometimes serving as openwork or filigree backgrounds for a handful of stones placed symmetrically upon them. And, above all, Coventry jewellery was fun, often ringed with eye-catching rhinestone-bead or enamelled-metal fringe. Sometimes Coventry pieces even incorporated art masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa into their designs.