This particularly lovely antique shell cameo captures a classical Mediterranean enchantress with a grape vine wreath adorning her flowing locks. A beautiful carving with a rope motif frame of rose gold.
This stunning and sparkling geometric brooch, rendered with a gently curved, tiny, open-work checkerboard pattern, is masterfully crafted in platinum and sporadically set with three-quarters of a carat of bright-white, European-cut and single-cut diamonds residing in delicately milgrained settings. ...(more)
This darling symbol of eternal love sparkles and shimmers with six bright-white, European-cut diamonds, alternating with lustrous natural pearls. A sweet and lovely, all original Victorian jewel measuring just over three-quarters of an inch in diameter. Circa 1875.
A regal and be-turbaned Blackamoor, masterfully hand-crafted in 18 karat yellow gold and silver by the eminent Venetian jeweler Nardi. This stately and exotic potentate is dressed up in splendid and colorful regalia of emeralds, turquoise and pearls combined with masterfully executed hand-engraved d ...(more)
A colossal (over one-and-a-half inch wide) vivid marbled green, round malachite cabochon is simply presented in a hand-engraved, 9 karat gold frame with a graceful scroll motif. Thus, this bold and colorful Victorian brooch is more than likely of British origin. A couple very minor flaws surfaced i ...(more)
This 1920s Art Deco bar brooch eloquently presents a 1 7/8 inch long cylindrical jade with a bright modeled apple green color. The jade is held in place by a pair of finely milgrained platinum and diamond cuffs. Understated elegance par excellence.
Ultra rare and exotic. This turn-of-the-century treasure is designed to display a feather plume from usually an Egret or Heron (it also looks beautiful without). Although typically associated with the Jazz Age, this piece dates back to the late Victorian / early Edwardian period. Composed of platinu ...(more)
A luminous trio of moonstones and a sextet of rich, royal blue sapphires, together weighing over 2.00 carats, join forces to create this enchanting bar brooch crafted in ravishing rose gold during the very early twentieth century. Two inches long.
This colorful, corny and kooky clown cracks himself up. Ha, ha, ha! If he weren't bending over backwards (by means of his articulated collar) he'd measure 2 inches tall. Superbly crafted, signed ‘Martin’, circa 1960s.
A whimsical openwork brooch from the Retro period in 18 karat yellow gold. A 3.00 carat round cabochon moonstone is the centerpiece, surrounded by curled petals dotted with golden beads. The piece can be worn as a pendant horizontally or vertically, or as a brooch.
The multi-talented Greek goddess and proto-feminist Athena, or in this case, her Roman incarnation Minerva - goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill - (to name just a handful of her manifold at ...(more)
Spring is always here with this splendid butterfly brooch - or sweater pin - by the Italian jewelry master - Mario Buccellati. Her golden wings shimmer with a fabulous hand-applied, quasi-iridescent texture which artfully emulates a butterfly's eyespots. Her abdomen, legs and antennae are rendered i ...(more)
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