Two bright green pear shaped peridots are featured in this lovely 18 karat yellow gold Art Nouveau brooch. Curling ribbons of gold, with the characteristic whiplash motif, are dotted with tiny seed pearls. This brooch has a hook on the back to allow for this piece to be worn as a pendant as well.
This gorgeous pin and/or pendant, circa 1900, shimmers with a sizable freshwater pearl (13.86 by 11.5 millimeters) closely guarded left and right by a pair of vigilant griffins (or dragons), and crowned - with a pearly crown! A superb and dramatic work of Art Nouveau. 1-inch both ways.
An ethereal beauty with wavelike locks, circa 1900, is designed to be worn alone or as a 'watch pin' to support a pendant. 1 /38 inches by 3/4 inch.
The inspiration for this enchanting Art Nouveau pin and/or watch pin, is mother nature herself. A central glowing peridot leaf is entwined in sinewy golden branches and is further adorned with shaded enamel leaves and a single lavender and seed pearl flower below. A graceful and romantic beauty, ci ...(more)
A sweet antique bar pin, designed in a graceful foliate motif, and shimmering with tiny rose-cut diamonds and a natural pearl. Circa 1900, 18K yellow gold with a splash of platinum, velvety gold patina, 1 and 1/2 inch long.
A sinewy Griffin, holding a freshwater pearl in his beak, is poised and ready to pounce in this finely sculpted mythological pin with a warm velvety patina from fin de siecle France. 1 1/2 inches by 1 3/8 inches.
A sinuous ribbon of gold wraps around a lustrous Mississippi freshwater pearl in this small scale Art Nouveau brooch. A small freshwater pearl also drops below. Sloane & Co.
A delightful pair of Art Nouveau-era bar pins - circa 1900 - crafted in a stylized infinity design, in acid finished gold, with a row of shimmering freshwater pearls. The mama measures 2-inches long, the baby measures 1 and 3/16 inch. Sweet.
This enchanting butterfly pin, although not as old as its Art Nouveau predecessors on which it is modeled, is beautifully crafted using the same materials and procedures as those from the turn of the century. The en tremblant wings (they vibrate on a spring) ...(more)
An enchanting Art Nouveau pansy pin featuring shimmering Plique-a-Jour (translucent) enamel petals which effectively emulates the look of frosted crystal. Superb calibre emeralds and twinkling rose-cut diamonds outline the five petals and tiny rose-cuts also dot the platinum lattice work inside. A . ...(more)
This unique and extra lovely pendant brooch from the Art Nouveau period - circa 1900 - centers on a diminutive turn-of the-century beauty bedecked in a minute yet glistening diamond necklace. She is fancifully framed with pierced scroll work and a diamond-set three-leaf clover set in contrasting pla ...(more)
An exotic Art Nouveau beauty is brilliantly captured in gold and shimmering rouge enamel in this extraordinary pin from the first decade of the twentieth century. A diamond and ruby headband, a green enamel and diamond earring and a halo of natural seed pearls completes the portrait. Engraved on rev ...(more)