Modeled on the 1930’s Disney cartoon The Big Bad Wolf, this Boucheron brooch is among the pieces featured in the London-based dealer’s TEFAF Maastricht display. Photo courtesy Hancocks.

Hancocks brought along a necklace, bracelet, and earring set from Van Cleef and Arpels, which astounds with diamonds and sapphires arranged in stripes. Photo courtesy TEFAF.

BY KAREN AANONSEN

The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) held in Maastricht, Netherlands, is not to be missed. From paintings and photographs to sculptures and antiques, 275 of the world’s leading galleries bring the crème de la crème of their inventories. Not disappointing is Hancocks of London in stand 243. The family-owned dealers specializing in the buying and selling of rare and collectible jewels since 1849 have set up shop at TEFAF Maastricht with baubles from Pierre Sterlé, René Lalique, Trabert & Hoeffer-Mauboussin, Van Cleef & Arpels, and more. Boucheron is also represented in Hancocks’s display with a Walt Disney-inspired coral, diamond, and gold brooch, as well as a bejeweled Art Deco bracelet. All can be viewed at the fair through March 22. 

—March 2015

Boucheron’s jasper, blue and black enamel, and turquoise bracelet boasts diamond-bedecked links. Photo courtesy TEFAF.