A fancy 10k crossover sapphires and diamonds ring. This size 7 ring features two 10 point (by gauge) deep blue sapphires with six single point diamonds flanking them. This ring measures 5/16" across the claw-set sapphires and it weighs 1.6 grams. It is stamped 10K and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...
Very glam vintage Egyptian revival bib necklace by the artist Ruth Buol. Circa 1965. Goldtone metal drops with huge faceted glass stones in aqua an
iridescent aurora borealis colors are suspended from a goldtone chain. The backs of the drops are enameled in pale blue to match the aqua stones.
With paper stickers marked BUOL and EGYPT I and with the original price of $110. A fabulous statement piece.
Wearable length is 17. The
center drops an additional inches 2 1/4...
This is a Fantastic Art Deco Platinum and Diamonds Brooch. Designed as a Duette the Two Sections contain one hundred twenty Diamonds. Approximate Diamond weight is 3.5 Carats. From a well-known Washington D.C. area Estate.........Hard to Find
This very attractive heart shaped amethyst pendant is set in 14Kt white gold. The checker board faceted 12 X 12 millimeter prong set amethyst is surrounded by 59 single-cut diamonds set in two rows. The approximate total weight of all diamonds is 0.30Ct. The height of the pendant is 1” with the bail, and the width is ¾”.
This 14 k Art Nouveau watch pin features a lady in profile. Her curving, golden tresses frame her face. The pin is 1 1/2" X 1" in size. It has a old style lever safety clasp and is marked 14k. Circa 1900.
A fine pair of modernist 18K yellow gold cufflinks designed by Georges Lenfant for Mauboussin. The faces are designed as four interlocking squares decorated with three types of surface treatment--high polish, florentine engraving, and wood-textured engraving. The hinged backs are finished with florentine engraving...
A modernist sterling silver brooch by noted mid century jeweler, Sam Kramer, in the shape of a stylized fish or bird with an amethyst eye. Measures 2" square. Has a faceted pear shaped amethyst stone cabochon on an additional layer of sterling. Marked with Sam Kramer's mushroom mark and sterling. Rollover safety clasp holds securely. Has some minor surface scratches and a little tarnish. There is a very minor ding to one corner. There are some scratches on the back near the clasp...
Michael and Frances Higgins abstract art glass pendant necklace
Mid 20th century
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Pendant - 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Suede cord - adjustable
Great vintage condition
The couple began fusing glass in their Chicago apartment by using kilns in their living room...
Stunning American Edwardian platinum brooch, ca 1900. Barbell form with cylindrical pipe opal. Ends encrusted with rose-cut diamonds. Excellent condition.
Length: 2 1/8 in. #1197
A very fine 14K gold stickpin in the form of a horse's head by Sloan & Co. They eye is set with a small ruby cabochon. The horse is entirely three-dimensional, worked with as much detail on the back as the front. The stick pin can easily be converted to a pendant or ring. The base of the neck is stamped with Sloan's 14K gold mark.
- Origin: America, ca. 1900.
- Dimensions: head, 7/8" 5/8"; overall length, 2 15/16".
- Weight: 3.1 grams.
- Condition: excellent.
This pair of early 20th-century cuff links exhibits a nice arts and crafts look, with sharp, detailed molding of a Greek key pattern around the edges. Patina is warm and the surface shows hardly any signs of wear. The back bridge bars are very secure and marked sterling; there is no maker’s mark, but they are probably American. Each oval measures roughly ¾ inch long by ½ inch wide. Weight: 6.6 grams
This brooch features an ancient Celtic design: two birds (probably swans) with enameled wings, bodies and eyes, with interlaced silver above and below. The enamel is in red, blue, green, and white. It is marked 925 for sterling silver, and has several other marks which are illegible. 1-1/2” X 1-1/4”. There are a couple places where the enamel isn’t quite perfect – please see photos...
Uni David Andersen Modernist Sterling Silver Necklace
Designed by Unn Tangerud
Norway
Mid 20th century
Neck chain - 26" long
Kinetic pendant measures 2 3/4" x 3"
Fully hallmarked on reverse
Excellent condition
Sculptural sterling cuff bracelet by important North American modernist Bill Tendler, c.1950's. Signed: "Tendler, Sterling." Measures 1.75" in width but is somewhat adjustable and will fit a medium to large wrist. Excellent Original Condition. For more photos of this item, please see my website PlanetGlass.net.
This is a 14K Gold Elk's Tooth Charm from an East coast Estate. Size is 1 7/16" X 3/4. Marked on the front: IBP OEW
Improved Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks ...Antique piece ....
A sleek modernist sterling silver cuff bracelet with a side opening by Swedish silversmith Alton, designed by Per Davik. Measures approximately 6 1/2" around with an opening of 1". Can be adjusted. Measures 1 5/8" at the wider end. Marked Alton, F for the city mark, Swedish silver standard, A10, (date code for 1975), Sterling 925, and Designed by Per Davik. Thick sterling. Warm patina, minor scuffs, fine condition.
Plenty of detail on this lobster charm. Great for an ocean or nautical theme bracelet.
• Hallmarks - Sterling
• Condition - Excellent
• Measures - 7/8" long excluding the bail x 1/2" wide
A handsome pair of Retro 18K yellow gold cufflinks, the faces bordered with an interesting detail that resembles coil springs. The plain gold bar in the middle of each face could be monogrammed, but fortunately, they never were. Each cufflink is fully stamped with French 18K gold hallmarks and an unidentified master goldsmith’s mark.
Origin: France, ca. 1935. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: faces, 7/16” 3/8”. Weight: 6.9 grams.
From a Virginia Estate, suburb of Washinton, D.C. this is an ANTIQUE ARTS & CRAFTS SASH PIN and one of the Better Examples one can find. The size is 2 3/8" Wide X 2 1/4" Tall featuring a Bezeled piece of Orange Glass in the Center with a distinct Coral Look. Ca. 1910- 1930 this is a BEAUTY in EXCELLENT Condition
Ed Levin modernist sterling abstract brooch with stone.
Circa - 1950.
1 1/2" x 2 1/2".
Condition - excellent.
This great ring is a size 7. It measures 1 1/8" x 5/8" x 1/4". The ring's mod face is mounted on a wide, shank that tapers from 3/8" to 1/8". The design is great. This piece is marked 925 and weighs 14 grams. It is in excellent condition.
Formed in the shape of coral-like branches and set with what appears to be a gray pearl, this delicate sterling silver pin was made by Otto Robert Bade of New Hope, PA. Bade was a prominent designer for Francisco Rebajes, and purchased the company in 1958 from. Bade renamed the firm Orb, which ended production in 1971. The pin is marked ‘Orb’ on the reverse and is secured with a safety clasp. It measures 2 inches long by 1 1/4 inches wide.
A set of ceramic jewelry by Alice Lund, Denmark, c 1960: brooch and clip on earrings, the glaze an intense orange, speckled. Impressed signature, illegible. Width of earrings "1/ 2.5 cm and of brooch "1 2/3/ 4.3 cm. Condition: repair to one earring (cf. pics).
This unusual enameled sterling pendant comes out of the Arts & Crafts movement, roughly 1880-1920 (it can be argued that it still continues!) The enamel colors are associated with the women’s suffrage movement in the UK: green (Give), white (Women the), and violet (Vote) – or at least, that’s the story! The free-standing wire work (so unusual!) interlaces around the body of the piece, and holds an oval of mother-of-pearl in place. Also unusual is the use of some brown enamel...
Mette and Finn Aero modernist pewter necklace
Denmark
Center pendant - 6"
Chain - 17" when extended
Marked Mette and Finn Aero Denmark
Very good vintage condition
These Antonio Pineda earrings have a silver wave design with emerald cut amethysts. Bearing the "Silver by Tono" hallmark which was used 1948-1953, this deco design is rarely seen.
Each earring features four channel set amethyst gemstones, all well matched in color. The repoussé silver settings require the most skilled of silversmiths...
This vintage DeNicola (Castlecliff also made this bracelet) silver-tone plated metal clamper bracelet with a varied sea shell design has an opening wrist measurement of 2 1/8” x 2' when closed tightly, and is in very good vintage condition.
A vintage, modernist sterling silver ring designed by Pentti Sarpaneva for Turun Hopea Oy of Finland.
Design measures 5/8" high and 5/8" across. Ring measures about a 7 and can be adjusted up or down.
Marked with the intertwined TH for Turun Hopea, Crown mark for Finland, 830 for silver standard, Town Mark for Turku and date code U7 for 1973.
Solid and in fine condition. Has some scratches to the band. Great bold design.
This lucious DeMario brooch and earrings has elegance and style. Various shades of blue rhinestones and glass beads combine with very fine gold plating. Oval DeMario plaque on the back of the brooch, clip earrings stamped DeMario. Very chunky. Brooch 2 3/4" long, 1 1/4" wide. Earrings 1 3/8" long, 1 1/8" wide.
One of my favorite William Spratling designs, the original (bearing his signature) "hummingbird" pendant necklace I have seen crafted in all-silver and silver combined with black onyx or obsidian. I am sure other configurations must be available which I have not encountered so it is understandable that I was elated to discover this version marrying sterling with copper. My first surprise was followed by a second when I saw that the piece at hand was signed by Mari...
A very fine Retro Moderne brooch in the form of a three-leaf clover, each leaf fashioned from an heart-shaped aquamarine, and centered with a pearl. The aquamarines are simply framed in gold collet settings with halo wirework accented with beading. The stones, 1.33 carats on either side and 1.87 carats at the top, have stunning pure blue coloring without a hint of gray...
Fabulous big statement 1970s Egyptian revival necklace by Dauplaise, in shiny goldtone metal with blue, red, and green molded glass beads simulating lapis,
carnelian, and jade, and a very large Lucite scarab cabochon in dark blue simulating lapis, in an ornate cast goldtone metal frame. I am also selling a
coordinating unsigned bracelet from the same estate. 32 inches wearable length and the center drops 3 3/4 inches. Excellent condition. Display form is life size.
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Lovely signed Mikimoto flower-form brooch in 18K yellow gold set with pearls. The flower petals are made up of very fine quality 6-6.5mm pearls, estimated at AA. The nacre is thick and very lustrous. The body color is white with green/rose overtones. The back of the pin is marked with Mikimoto’s hallmark and the gold content.
Origin: Japan, ca. 1990. Condition: mint. Size: 2-1/8” x 1-1/8”. Weight: 6.5 grams.
A great pair of Art Nouveau sterling silver bean-back cufflinks in the form of dogwood flowers. The faces are very nicely detailed. The backs of the faces and the connectors are marked “Sterling”.
Origin: America, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 13/16” x 9/16”. Weight: 7.5 grams.
Graduated 21" long strand of tiger eye beads. 58 beads measure from 9-11 mm. Beautiful rich varied luminescent colors make for this beautiful necklace. Excellent condition....$8 for insured USA shipping.
A stunning pair of 18K yellow gold earrings in the "Heliocoidal" pattern by lauded designed Michael Good. The earrings are constructed in the anticlastic raising technique in with the piece is formed from a sheet of gold and then twisted along all three dimensions to create an organic shape that Good refers to as "molten energy." Each piece is created entirely by hand and does not employ any machine made parts such as earwires or clasps. Older examples of Good's jewelry is difficult to find. ...