This McClelland Barclay deco ruby brooch is rhodium and gold plated base metal with rhinestones. It is hallmarked McClelland Barclay. It is 2" by 1 3/4" . Excellent condition. It is circa 1941.
Deco(retro) two-color 14k gold pin with two cultured pearls, probably made in Germany, c. 1930's. The yellow gold background has applied rose gold leaves and pearls. This lovely pin has a trumpet clasp and is marked: "585", a European metric system mark for 14K. It measures 1 5/8" long and is in excellent condition.....$15 USA insured shipping.
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An Art Deco vintage 14K white gold carved genuine shell cameo brooch c1915-20. This 1-1/2" x 1-1/4" cameo closes with a safety catch and it has an IX or XI engraved on the back. This item is in good original condition with no bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than a stress crack visible below the woman's chin and a loss to the shell to the left of her hair where the shell doesn't meet the setting...
An Arts and Crafts period acid etched silver metal brooch by Carence Crafters with an intertwined vine design.
Measures 3 1/2" long and 2 3/8" high. Marked with the conjoined CC mark inside a diamond. Has a 'C' clasp which holds securely.
Nice contrast of dark and light. Bold and impressive.
Classic Arts and Crafts design.
Large Rock Crystal European pendant, circa 1970s. Marked "850 Silver." Excellent condition. Measures a generous 1.68" tall. The crystal alone is 3/4" in diameter. Circa 1970s or '60s.
A sterling silver modernist bracelet and/or brooch by Helen Scheier Adelman, (1909-1999), American Mid Century jeweler. May purchase these pieces individually or together.
The bracelet is made from a single long piece of sterling that hooks in the front around a mottled reddish-brown bezel set cabochon. It measures about 7 1/2" around and 1/4" wide. The front design measures 3/4" wide. Signed Adelman and Sterling on the inside. Has some minor surface scratches and a little tarnish...
An Edwardian 9k pearl and paste stones brooch circa 1900 - 1910. This antique 1" across yellow gold pin has a 5.7 mm genuine pearl in the center. The pearl has a nice cream-color lustre, and the four surrounding stones are synthetic emeralds (or green paste) and the rest are clear paste (or possibly white sapphires - all of these open-back stones are untested)...
The most charming Damaso Gallegos set of bells consisting of earrings and a brooch. This set is fabulous for the holiday season. The set weighs 12grams for the earrings and 17 grams for the brooch. The brooch is 2in. tall and the earrings are 1.25in.
A fine 10k coral cameo with seed pearls pendant pin circa 1900. This high relief hand carved pale pink and white coral portrait cameo pendant pin is in 10k yellow gold. This 1-1/4 x 1-1/16" brooch features a thickly carved bezel-set cameo with a string of seed pearls wrapped around the spiral edge of the pin. It is stamped 10K on the pin, it has a swing-up loop for wear as a pendant necklace, and it weighs 8.4 grams...
These Coro cockatoos have been hand painted with enamel. At the center of each flower is a faceted, faux diamond.
As you can see by the patent below, this duette was designed by Gene Verrechio and patented in 1941. Pat # for the duette is Des. 126,490 and for the clip #1798867.
Coro invented the "Duette" in the 1930s. An ingenious invention. The design involves two pin clips that fit together, joined by a mechanism at the back, so they can be worn together as a single brooch...
A beautiful antique French crucifix circa 1880 - 1895 cut from a single piece of mother of pearl and accented with intricately detailed silver work. The piece measures 3.75" x 2.5" excluding bail and is in excellent condition.
A very high quality and well made sterling cuff bracelet with a great Modernist design. It is signed
H. Pozzo 925 in the inside and Made in France with two French hallmarks on the outer rim of one terminal. The bracelet measures 5 1/2" around in the inside with an additional 1 1/2" opening. It weighs 67 grams and is in fine original condition. I have not been able to find any information on this designer but I love this piece.
The "Aztec Roses" motif is a classic for Mexican silver cuff bracelet from the Deco period. They are usually executed en repoussage, come in all widths and configurations and the most "famous" ones are signed by Sanborn's and Maciel. The impressive in heft and presence example I am presenting here differs from most in that its repousse work is closed in the back with an additional sheet of sterling...
This Mexican Silver necklace is hallmarked with an ms conjoined, Taxco, Sterling and an eagle 3 as shown. It is very outside of what I would normally acquire. Lighter than my average acquisitions, it is solid with no repousse and is 30 grams in weight. Very comfortable as it feels lighter than air. The minute I saw it worn I was convinced that it was very special. Dramatic at 7 inches long and 4 inches across the presence is commanding...
Beautifully crafted Marcel Boucher pin. Very three dimensional. Note the clear rhinestone collar that gives this little bird class and character. Gold plated. Says Boucher on back of tail feathers. Boucher series number also on back but is illegible. 3 1/4" long, 7/8" wide.
A repousse bracelet worked with great skill and signed JVE. A nice size being 1.25in. wide and approximately 40 grams of heavy repousse. The length is 7.25in. of comfort with no damage. The floral motif is on a thick silver base.
A 10k yellow gold amethyst & pearl brooch circa 1890. This nice 1-1/8 x 7/8" faceted, claw-set amethyst and pearls pin features a fine foliate border, it is in 10k yellow gold, it is stamped 10K with a maker's mark, and it weighs 5.5 grams. The stone is untested, it has a safety catch, and this lovely pin is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...
A fine example of some of the best enameled silver produced by David-Andersen in the late 1950s. This brooch represents "Spring" from the "Four Seasons" line designed for David-Andersen by Thorbjorn Lie-Jorgensen in the late 1950s. The set of designs represent an abstract aerial views of the same landscape in each of the four seasons. "Spring" is worked in lush shades of turquoise, teal blue, gold and brown...