This necklace was lent to Sarah Jessica Parker to wear at the Gala Premiere of the film 'Did You Hear About The Morgans?'. Sarah Jessica Parker played lead actor alongside Hugh Grant in this romantic comedy thriller. The Gala Premiere took place on 8th December 2009 at the Odeon, Leicester Square in London. Sarah Jessica Parker was photographed at this event wearing this necklace with a pink strapless cocktail frock from L'Wren Scott.

Commenting on the necklace, James Nicholson, Deputy Chairman and International Head of Dreweatts Jewellery department, said, “We are thrilled to offer such an iconic piece of jewellery, previously worn by an equally iconic actress, who epitomises style and is always one step ahead of fashion. It is exciting to see it available to the wider public and we anticipate a lot of interest.”

The head of the snake is designed with pavé set old mine cut diamonds, accented with graduated circular cabochon opals and emerald set eyes. The body is constructed with graduated curved square panel links, each is set with diamonds and centred with a circular cabochon opal, and finished with a pavé set old mine cut diamond tail tip.

The tongue clasp fits to the tip of the tail. The necklace can be worn at four different lengths, enabled by four concealed clasps located at different points of the snake. 

Opals are highly prized due to their colour play, showing all the colours of the rainbow. When rotated in light, one can see different flashes of colour, which are caused by the microscopic silica spheres in the stone. The most sought after colours are red and green. 

Opals were traditionally found in Eastern Europe, in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. However, in the 1870s, they were discovered in Australia. Since then Australia has contributed to around 90% of the global output of precious opals. The best opals are found in Lightning Ridge, with others coming from Queensland and New South Wales. A small percentage of stones also come from Ethiopia, America and Mexico, however these are not as commercially viable as the Australian examples. 

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Wednesday 22 March | 10.30am GMT
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