Tremont Auctions Brings 546 Lots to March Fine Arts and Jewelry Sale

Tremont Auctions' March Fine Arts, Antiques and Jewelry sale drew serious attention to its Sudbury, Massachusetts gallery on March 1, 2026, presenting 546 lots across categories ranging from 18K gold estate jewelry to Victorian silver, decorative arts, and paintings. Nearly 200 of those lots were devoted to fine estate jewelry and silver, making the jewelry component the clear center of gravity in a sale that also found room for firearms, a boat, and a single Gorham tea set commanding more competitive bidding than its presale estimate suggested.

The headline jewelry lot was an Art Deco 18K gold necklace set with eight rectangular and octagonal step-cut graduated Colombian emeralds, their measurements beginning at 6.2 by 5.0 millimeters and stepping down in carefully calibrated increments. Natural Colombian emeralds command a provenance premium in the current market, and the Art Deco mounting, with its characteristic geometric logic, makes this the kind of piece that rarely surfaces outside major metropolitan sales. Also drawing attention from the Etruscan Revival tradition was an 18K gold locket attributed to Eugene Fontenay, the celebrated 19th-century Parisian jeweler whose archaeological-style work defined the genre. The mid-19th-century piece was described as featuring fine quality beadwork, characteristic of Fontenay's granulation techniques.

The silver offerings were anchored by a Gustave Baugrand champleve enameled Etruscan Revival silver ewer connected to the 1867 Paris Exposition, one of the most prestigious showcases of Second Empire decorative arts. Baugrand, who operated at the intersection of goldsmithy and archaeological revival, produced pieces for royal and aristocratic clients; finding one in a regional New England auction is the kind of discovery that rewards patient collectors. Georg Jensen's Denmark workshop contributed several lots, including a Blossom brooch in sterling silver set with amethyst and coral, catalogued as design number 50 and weighing one troy ounce, alongside a Kristian Mohl-Hansen dove brooch with amber at design number 204, and an Arno Malinowski butterfly brooch. A sterling silver floral and onyx link bracelet, Jensen number 11, measured 7 and 3/8 inches and weighed 1.16 troy ounces.

Among the rings, Lot 1 offered a vintage 18K gold ring centered on an oval-cut sapphire measuring approximately 5 by 6 millimeters, surrounded by 22 small round-cut diamonds, stamped 750 and AG, with an estimate of $500 to $700. Lot 15, a vintage 14K gold solitaire with a round old mine cut diamond measuring 7.2 millimeters in diameter and approximating 1.40 carats, carried an estimate of $800 to $1,200 and had attracted a single bid of $400 before live bidding opened. A second, smaller old mine cut solitaire, approximately 0.40 carats at 4.7 millimeters, was also catalogued, stamped 14K with a maker's mark, in a size 6 setting weighing 2.3 grams.

American silver was represented with particular depth. The Victorian Gorham coin silver five-piece tea set in Lot 16, with its Gothic-style finial, beaded borders, and engraved floral decoration on a coffee pot standing 13.125 inches tall, carried an estimate of $3,500 to $4,500 and had reached $1,800 on two bids before the live session. Tiffany and Co. contributed multiple entries, including an early 20th-century sterling silver muffineer with relief spiral gadrooning, a Berry pattern dish, a set of four allover floral repousse salt and pepper pieces, and an 8-day sterling travel clock with a collapsible engraved case. S. Kirk and Son supplied a heavy sterling silver repousse water pitcher with allover floral decoration, and Durgin contributed a set of eight sterling tablespoons measuring 7 and 1/8 inches and weighing 11.4 troy ounces. An antique silvered gold strawberry-form pin set with old mine cut diamonds and hallmarked twice rounded out the smaller decorative jewelry.

The decorative arts section included an important large Chinese cloisonne charger from the 18th or 19th century, its decoration featuring magpies on a flowering ground. On the painting side, single-lot offerings by Edmund Henry Osthaus, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Simon Willem Maris, Thomas Bigelow Craig, and William Henry Bartlett gave buyers access to named works across American and European traditions. Live bidding opened at 10:00 AM EST on March 1 at the Sudbury gallery, with the catalogue simultaneously available through LiveAuctioneers. Bidders who registered directly with Tremont received a 3 percent savings on the buyer's premium compared with third-party platforms.