The Look -- B.W. Cook

She has a discriminating eye for jewelry. Gail Bronson Boyd, the

talent behind the Bronson Collection of fine jewelry found at Gary’s Per

Donna in Fashion Island, is a one-woman tour de force.

Bronson Boyd has traveled the world in search of unusual and fabulous

gems to satisfy the most discriminating taste. She buys and sells,

shuttling between exotic foreign ports, mysterious monarchs, discreet

dowagers and selective socialites. Bronson Boyd has a worldview when it

comes to jewelry.

“People forget the importance of jewels in world history. Treasure has

both caused and stopped wars, and many a smuggled gem has saved a life in

desperate trouble,” she says.

Meet the jeweler at Gary’s Per Donna and take a look at her

collection, which includes everything from a rare 6.31-carat Burma ruby

fashioned in a heart shape and set in platinum to one-of-a-kind estate

pieces.

1. This American flag pin is studded with diamonds, rubies and

sapphires ($2,500).

2. This estate piece is a colored stone flexible bracelet featuring

diamonds, sapphires and rubies ($11,250).

3. This platinum, diamond and sapphire necklace has sapphires cut to

shine brilliantly ($28,000).

4. This Maltese-style cross is encrusted with rubies, emeralds,

sapphires, diamonds and South Sea pearls ($19,000).

5. This David Webb estate piece combines pearls with crystal, onyx and

diamonds ($58,000).