A 14k rose and yellow gold retro bow shaped brooch with a central natural claw-set garnet, circa 1930s 1940. This 1-1/4" pin weighs 8.7 grams, and it has a safety catch. It is stamped 14K on the pin (not shown), and the garnet is a orange-red to bourbon colour. This brooch is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...
An elegant Art Nouveau 14K gold enameled honeymoon pin featuring a diamond-set blossom enameled in delicate shades of iridescent translucent rose, yellow and white enamel set against a gold crescent moon. Delicate floral pins of this sort were popular gifts for new brides. In Victorian symbology, flowers could represent honey and crescents, the moon. Thus, honey + moon = honeymoon...
Native American silver and green turquoise bracelet
c. 1930s - 40s
Well-crafted bracelet with stamp work depicting arrow feathers and thunderbirds, with rope scroll work and rain drops framing the central stone.
Interior circumference measures 5 3/4" with a rear gap of 1" for a total of 6 3/4".
The front measures 1 1/2" tall tapering back to 5/8" at the end
>p>Weight - 40 grams
In excellent vintage condition with a beautiful warm patina
This well designed 14Kt white gold estate ring is centered by a 6X4 millimeter emerald cut natural sapphire. The center stone is flanked on either side by five full cut diamonds. The approximate weight of the center sapphire is 0.60Ct, while the approximate total weight of all diamonds is 0.10Ct. The ring is a size 7 and can easily be sized.
Large 970 silver cave art nude cut-out male and female design cufflinks by Antonio Pineda, Mexico, c.1950's. Of good weight and size, they measure 1 15/16" long by 13/16" wide. Signed#1-"ANTONIO TAXCO(in crown)SILVER 970
#2-"HECHO EN MEXICO 17(bellmark)". In excellent condition and have great design. See matching tie bar at ITEM #261687....$11 for insured USA shipping plus applicable NY tax.
Jules Brenner - Modernist jewelry.
Sterling tie bar and cuff links with tiger eye.
Constructed of heavy gauge sterling silver.
Tie bar - 2 1/4" x 5/8", cuff links - 5/8" x 5/8".
Condition - excellent.
Appropriately signed.
Sterling and onyx Mayan face pin by Fred Davis, Mexico, c.1947. Davis managed Sanborn's for 20 years during this period. See pg. 23 of The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks. Since this is a classic Fred Davis design, this is his work. It is signed "22(Sanborn's bellmark number) MEXICO STERLING" and is in excellent condition. It measures 1 9/16" wide by 1 1/8" high. Beautiful classic Davis pin......$11 for USA insured shipping plus NYS residents pay sales tax.
It's been a while since I presented a piece by Gerardo Lopez but he is one of my favorite Taxco maestros, a talented silversmith and designer who excelled in the art of repoussage. I believe Lopez was at his best when he created pectoral necklaces and clamper bracelets and it is an exquisite example of the latter form that I am showing here...
This vintage carved bakelite clamp bracelet is 1 1/4" wide on the floral side, 2 3/8" interior length, and 1 11/16" wide. This bracelet is in excellent condition.
This yellow gold double-cluster ring is composed of a cluster of rubies centered by a diamond, and a cluster of pearls centered by a ruby. In the center of each is a 6-pointed star motif in gold. Pearl is the birthstone for June, ruby is the birthstone for July. The ring is hallmarked for Birmingham, England, 15 karat gold (“15ct”), a date mark for 1877, and a maker’s mark for “P&E”. Size 7-1/2. One of the pearls may be a replacement, and one pearl prong is missing...
This locket features a lovely Egyptian girl or woman – or perhaps a goddess! - in profile, wearing a headdress (from which a few locks of hair have escaped – so charming!), and hoop earrings. She is nestled within a crescent moon (symbolic of the female principal, intuition, and new beginnings). Inside it has both photo rings, but no celluloid. Unusually large, it measures 1-5/8”, and weighs .77 ounce...
A 9k solid rose gold watch chain bracelet made from an antique English Albert watch chain. It has a modern spring-ring catch and each link is stamped 9 375. It weighs 13.8 grams, and it is 9" in length. It is in excellent vintage condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than the replaced springring clasp. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use...
This is one of our very favorite lavaliers! It is quintessential Art Nouveau. It depicts a flower with an amethyst at its center, with the classic whiplash motif. The central amethyst weighs approximately 1/2 carat, and it’s accented by 28 seed pearls. Feng Shui practitioners believe amethysts aid in purification, and give access to a higher plane of energy. It tests as 14k, and the gold is that lovely subtle old gold color. It weighs 3.3g and measures 1” x 1” at the widest points...
Handsome pair of vintage 14K yellow gold cufflinks, the elongated diamond-shaped faces set with cabocochon-cut blue sapphires. The stones have excellent, bright color. The faces are lightly textured in a starburst pattern emanating from the sapphires toward the faceted edges. The fronts are attached with solid connectors to the toggle backs. The connectors are marked "585" for 14K.
Origin: Continental Europe, ca...
A pair of 14k pearls Victorian earrings from 1880-90. This vintage pair of late Victorian pearl earrings is in 14k (unmarked but tested) yellow gold. These 1/2" across earrings have tab-and-slot hinged pierced closures, the surrounding half pearls average 2mm. each and the central claw-set half pearls are 3 and 4mm. across...
Mexican sterling silver and amethyst quartz necklace
Mid 20th century
Should fit a 14 - 14 1/2" neck
Weight - 48+ grams
Marked Sterling, Taxco
Very fine vintage condition
One of the most massive bracelet designs by the Los Ballesteros workshop this vintage sterling silver and amethyst hinged bangle is simply astounding! Sweeping wire-work curves and fleshy “dimpled dot” repousse semi-spheres come together to form the bracelet’s two wings while a huge, saturated purple amethyst cabochon takes center front adding color and drama. The perfect accessory for that daring female who does not love wasting in the shadows the bracelet has a 7 3/4” inner circumfer...
Amazing huge vintage 1970s nomadic style pendant necklace with six strands of silvertone filigree wired beads with drops with opaque marbled Lucite beads in dark red,
tortoise, and dark amber, with a large sculpted openwork framed hammered pendant. Hook clasp. Marked JAY FEINBERG. Stunning statement and pictures are not capturing it. 34 1/2 inches wearable
length and the pendant is 5 1/2 inches long. Excellent condition. Metal is perfectly silvertone; other colors are reflection. Display...
Substantial and quite unusual in its design this modernist Mexican silver bracelet is an Enrique Ledesma creation and it is adorned with two faceted color-change sapphires. The bracelet’s shape reminds me of ancient torques yet here the two ends bypass each other in a tight, determined embrace. I love the way the sterling tube grows in diameter as it progresses to the bracelet’s front where it is abruptly cut at an angle to accept the gemstone in a crown setting. Enrique Ledesma - always ori...
ALL METAL is 14K GOLD. What bride would not want this elegant classic hand knotted necklace strand made with genuine precious Akoya pearls and blue green sapphires? Never faux here! Stamped MIMI DEE 14K. Hand knotted 22" necklace strand.
Sixty nine high nacre luster 5 mm Akoya pearls alternate with sixty eight 2-3mm faceted blue green sapphires for a total of approx 70 carats.
Free restringing within 18 months when requested.
$14 USPS Priority Mail/Ins/Track or Free with USA C...
An elegant 14Kt yellow gold ring that is diagonally channel set on top within 21 full-cut diamonds in seven rows. The approximate total weight of all diamonds is 0.45Ct. The ring is a size 6 ¼ and it can easily be sized.
A wildly designed 18k yellow gold custom made ring featuring an emerald cut pale rose pink topaz gem stone circa 1970s. The trade marks are worn so tested for gold content.
This size 5-1/2 or 5.5 ring weighs 5.0 grams and the pink of the topaz is subtle and attractive. It is a genuine topaz. It measures 3/4" x 9/16" across the setting and this attractive ring is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and co...
Beautiful hand made sterling and agate pendant and chain necklace, c.1920's. The classically designed arts & crafts pendant measures 1 5/8" long by 1" with a tan agate bezel set in the center. The paperclip chain is interspersed with six silver floral design pieces set with fresh water pearls. The chain measures 24" long. Signed "STERLING" on the chain and is in excellent condition......$13 for insured USA shipping.
This De Nicola Pices tart sign brooch is gold plated base metal, with rhinestones and enameling and faux coral. It is hallmarked DeNicola C.
It is 1 3/4" x 1q 7/8" It is in excellent condition.
A elegant brooch worked in 18K yellow gold filigree centering a round brilliant-cut amethyst surrounded by natural seed pearls. The amethyst’s collet is enhanced with millegraining, as is the remainder of the filigree work. The edge is finished with a border of wirework rosettes. The quality of workmanship is superb. Filigree of this delicacy is usually only seen in platinum. The amethyst is moderately pale with a slightly pinkish tint. The back of the pin is marked “18Kt”, and there is an...
This Denicola Libra sign brooch (September 23 -October 22 ) is gold plated base metal, rhinestones, enameling.
Marked: DeNicola C
Reference: Mark dates this to after 1955 - 1960s
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: 2" x 1 13/16"
An Art Deco period 14k white and yellow gold filigree diamonds ring circa 1920s. This vintage size 5-3/4 or 5.75 ring is in a filigree or basket weave design, and the diamonds are genuine, and are antique round brilliant cut measuring a total of approximately 22-23 points (approximate by gauge). This ring measures 5/8" x 5/16" across the white gold top, and it weighs 2.3 grams. It is stamped (and tests) as 14k gold (mark obscured and not shown), and it is in excellent original condition with ...
I could never exaggerate the sparkle of the two big, faceted color-change sapphires that adorn the opposing “wings” forming the face of the modernist Enrique Ledesma Mexican hinged bracelet at hand! Set here against untreated sterling (quite often, Ledesma uses niello-type oxidation to enhance the contrast between gemstone and silver) the stones pass from amethyst to a steely purple under different light conditions thus mimicking the behavior of alexandrites. The bracelet has an
inner circ...
Outstanding bracelet by Tortolani. Huge and heavy with three dimensional carving of zodiac signs. Combination of silver and pewter colored metal Truly a collectors piece, rare and beautiful. 2" high in front, 1" in back. 2 1/4" by 2" inside dimensions, 5/8" at deepest.
A classic, and much published, design for Hector Aguilar, the “masks” bracelet was not an example of the Taxco maestro’s work that I was particularly looking for. I considered it - let’s say - less impressive than the rest of his jewelry and resisted it for the longest of times. Until one day, I somehow ended up with one. And I fell in love- honestly. I think it is the silkiness of the well-aged fine silver and the bracelet’s incredible ability to wrap itself around the wrist as if it...
This wonderful chunky vintage sterling silver necklace makes a statement no matter what you wear. The four sterling medallions are each sand-cast to create a beautiful frieze of abstract mythological figures in high relief, and each sterling link of the necklace is hand-wrought by the artist, one link presently unattached, each piece marked Sterling. Condition: mint. Measurement: chain: 14 in.; medallions: each approx. 1 _ x 1 _ in.
Arne Johansen modernist sterling silver and Lapis pendant
Denmark
Mid 20th century
2 1/8" x 1"
Weight - 21 grams
Marked on verso - Denmark, 925s, AJ
Excellent condition
I love the Los Ballesteros family of massive, “dimpled dot” hinged bracelets and I am constantly on the look out for great examples. Wrought in sterling silver and adorned with a big, bezel-set agate cabochon that celebrates all hues of green, this beauty is a variation of the version with amethyst that is also available on my site. The difference in the bracelet at hand is that the “butterfly” motif that showcases the stone has additional “dots” in it that take up some of what would...
A 10k yellow gold Edwardian 13-1/4" man's watch chain circa 1910-15. This antique gentleman's watchchain has a swivel and a spring-ring catch, and it is stamped 10K ECCO. It weighs 6.7 grams, and it is in excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. This item is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items a...
This pair of classic 14Kt yellow gold dome earrings will never go out of fashion. The simply elegant 11/16” diameter dome earrings have a post and omega- back combination.
N.E. From modernist sterling silver, carnelian and onyx ring
Denmark
Mid 20th century
Size 6
Weight - 11 grams
Front measures 1 1/16" x 3/4"
Marked From 925s
Excellent vintage condition