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Antiques & Uncommon Treasure
Best of the BEST! 17th to 19th c. French sterling silver, Georgian jewelry, sewing etc
$1,491 USD SaleSALE Antique French 18K Gold Sapphire Etui, 4" Pendant 23.9 Gr
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
NOTE: April 19, 2011 gold value is up to $1500.00 per oz. August 9th, gold value is $1801.00 per oz. No doubt this once held a cigarette holder - something elegant and long and VERY stylish. The etui you see here is nearly 4" in length, heavy French made and with all guarantee marks for 18K yellow gold. This seems very roaring '20s to me, but is likely earlier, turn of the century, when Art Deco made its Paris debut. The French never skimpted on style OR on gold (or silver) guage, hence this one ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Fine Vintage Grape Cluster Pearl Earrings, 14K Gold
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Vintage
A gorgeous mounting of 6 pearls each, fine highly reflective lustre that rivals that of our MIKIMOTO pearls, though I see no mark on these to indicate they are Mikis. They can certainly hold their own if you wear them with your finest pearls, as I have with my own Mikimotos. These grape cluster form earrings are lovely on the ear, set in fine 14k yellow gold that has leaf and tendril to help carry off the grape cluster theme, the pearls are 6mm, mostly with the front and bottom ones measuring ...
$1,186 USD SaleSALE Fine 14k Vintage Lucien Piccard Watch, Pearl Bracelet
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Vintage:Misc. Gold Watch, Timepiece
A wonderful vintage bracelet watch that combines beautiful cultured pearls with 14k gold and a superb Lucien Piccard dress watch, running perfectly well and ready to be enjoyed for many many years to come. Heirloom quality jewelry, this one is just stunning on the wrist and gives you both bracelet use as well as marking that most precious of commodities: time! Manual mechanism, stem-wound and set, the jeweled watch is working, keeping time. A superb and heavy 14k gold clasp completes the ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Fine Vintage 9k Gold & 8mm Russian Malachite Necklace
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Vintage
Feel like a Russian Countess or Princess! A lovely old one, vintage if not Edwardian, this stunning veined malachite necklace embodies the elgance of old Russia. Superb coloration, beautifully preserved without any chips or flaws to diminish your thrill in wearing this one, nor the value as it increases through time. Each bead is hand carved, the necklace is fully knotted so even in the worst case, it's not going to break and spill all your malachite beads. Extra large at 8mm, and a lovely ...
$1,016 USD SaleSALE 1/2 Ct Diamond, Seed Pearl & 14K Gold Large Antique Pendant - Starburst - Gorgeous!
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
We've had (and have) many of these late Victorian era starburst jewelry items, but none so pretty as this extra large starburst. I suspect this was once a brooch, as I feel a little rough place on tips of 2 of the rays of gold, approximately where one would have expected a pinback to be mounted. But it's a wonderful pendant as it presents now, with generous gold loops behind an adjoining pair of rays, perfect to thread your medium-sized gold chain or even a couple of strands of seed pearls ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Fine Estate 14k Gold, Diamond and Lapis Lazuli Earrings
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Vintage
Estate rather than antique, but they're just stunning in wear, and they closely match a fine antique bracelet we offered within the past year, so we just had to acquire them and offer them here, just in case our bracelet customer will want to add these (or some other of our customers get 'taken' by these). A brilliant lapis lazuli cabochon surrounded by a constellation of diamonds, and set in 14k yellow gold, the light dances on the earlobe, bringing attention to your beautiful eyes, in process. ...
$931 USD SaleSALE Fine Antique Victorian 15k Gold Demi-Parure, Jewelry Set
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
Large forms, gold ear wires for your pierced ear wear, and beautifully preserved, this Victorian era (c.1840-70) demi-parure comprised of large brooch with mourning locket back and the matching earrings will be both a thrill to wear and a fine investment. The jewelry set is typical of the Victorian era mourning jewelry, a dark deep claret colored garnet carbuncle on each (that often can look black) set into 15k yellow gold, and with a locket panel in backside into which a mourner would normally ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Fine Vintage 14K Gold Opal and Garnet Brooch, Exquisite!
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Vintage
Vintage rather than antique, but certainly with that look of a wonderful old Victorian brooch, and the quality of them as well, but without the staggering prices we all have to pay for our finest Victorian and Edwardian jewelry, this navette-cut garnet brooch will thrill any Mom for Mother's Day, or is just that perfect special bit to add to your jewelry stash. Not accustomed to the idea of wearing a brooch, I use brooches like this as a lavalier on my pearls, too, and just love the look and the ...
$506 USD SaleSALE Fine Antique 18k Gold, Etruscan Micro Mosaic Drop Pendant
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique:Micromosaic
Isn't this just a beauty, slightly imperfect as it is (you'll never see it in wear). A teardrop pendant in heavy 18k gold form, closed back (indicates a higher quality workmanship) and in fine Etruscan-style micromosaic we normally associate with the few mosaics that come from and represent Venice. It's late Georgian to early Victorian, we'd say, and is most certainly from the earlier Grand Tour souvenir era and genre, perhaps starting life as part of a large necklace/parure of which this might ...
$226 USD SaleSALE Fine Antique Georgian Mourning Brooch, 10k and 4mm Pearls
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
One of the prettiest of these old Georgian to earliest Victorian era mourning tokens, jewelry items we've had, (I'm partial to these pearl-collar ones), the 10k yellow gold mounted mourning locket brooch has a rich collar of very fine old 4mm pearls, as shown. The pearls are in wonderful condition, as is the rest of the brooch; obviously it has been a very cherished and rarely worn memento, indeed. I always wonder at how a family can part with something that was obviously so personal and ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Fine Antique Victorian Red Coral Bracelet, 10K Gold Clasp
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
A spectacular authentic early Victorian to Georgian red coral bracelet, each bit of coral carved alike so they criss-cross and form a thick strand. Three strands on the bracelet but looks like lots more because of the way the carved coral forms each strand. A perfect bracelet for today's styles, and you know red coral is hot, hot, haute this year and showing in all the style magazines, so what is old is renewed and mroe elegant than ever. Red coral was a favorite in the French Empire styles of ...
$336 USD SaleSALE 14K Pr Vintage 6mm - 3.5mm Pearl Cluster Earrings - 14 graduated size & stunning pearls
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Vintage
Well, these look perfectly 'MIKIMOTO' when worn with or placed next to my several strands of M-signature pearls and I'd nearly bet they are MIKIMOTO but for the fact that I can't find a signature. It might be that they originally had screw-mount backing, which would have been where the M-signature would have appeared, and they have been altered to become posts now, but as such, I can only tell you that I'd mistake them for MIKIMOTO very easily based on the pearls, themselves. Wonderful ...
$166 USD SaleSALE Fine Large Oval Antqiue Edwardian Garnet Brooch, Exquisite!
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Vintage
A lovely Victorian to Edwardian era garnet brooch, with a round-cut constellation of garnets around a fine large oval center gem, the brooch will thrill any Mom for Mother's Day, or is just that perfect special bit to add to your jewelry stash. Not accustomed to the idea of wearing a brooch, I use brooches like this as a lavalier on my pearls, too, and just love the look and the versatility of adding color and sparkle and elegance in an easy variety of ways by using brooches. However you wear it ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Fine Vintage 18K Gold & Shell Cameo Earrings Pair, Silhouette
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Vintage
A pretty little pair of 18K gold mounted hand carved shell cameos make the perfect set of earrings to wear with your antique cameo jewelry. The set have 18K ear wires, as well, and we're unsure when to date them so will say 'vintage' rather than antique on this set. We've shown them in an antique earrings display box, but the box is not original to this set and will not come along with them this time. The earrings will be in a modern gift box, however, for delivery to our buyer. Very good to ...
$166 USD SaleSALE Fine Vintage English Hallmarked 10k Gold & Diamond Ring, Size 6, 4.1 gm
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Vintage
Wonderful vintage or estate English hallmarked 10k gold & diamond ring, two toned white & yellow gold with three small diamonds! Birmingham, England hallmarks along the inside of the ring, .375 clearly visible and it tests as 10k gold. Size 6 so it's either for a child or someone with narrow fingers :) and it has a total weight of 4.1 grams. This item belongs to my granddaughter, Ashley, who has turned 10 and has begun her own little business in antiques and fine jewelry. She's thrilled to offer ...
$506 USD SaleSALE Fine Antique Georgian to Victorian Mourning Pendant, 16K Gold, Enamel - Hair Locket
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
Possibly as early as Georgian era, but we'll stay safe with Victorian to Georgian dates (c. 1830-1850, we'd say). The piece is a fine high quality treasure from an era when the aesthetic included such heirloom mourning items, complete with plaited or braided & worked hair from a deceased family member or loved one, just as you see in this item. Pre-photography era, for the most part, these mementos might well be the only remnant of a physical nature that would evoke the memory of the person who ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Fine Antique Victorian 15k Gold, Seed Pearl & Garnet Stickpin - Stick Pin, Mourning Jewelry
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
A beautiful and large garnet carbuncle mounted in 15k yellow gold, further embellished with a star that contains pristine old seed pearls, this stick pin, or cravat/lapel pin would have been a mourning jewelry item in its time. The star is iconographically representing the star or Heavens to which the lost loved one has departed, and the seed pearls were representative of the tear drops of the one left behind to mourn the loss. But today it is just a stunningly fine old jewelry item of museum ...
$421 USD SaleSALE Fine Antique French Paste & Silver 1833 Mourning Brooch - Georgian era French gold on silver.
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
With an engraved dedication to the person mourned, we not only know this French made silver-gilt brooch with faux diamonds (paste gems) amethyst and turquoise commemorates a gentleman who died in 1833, (view images), so we know it's then or within a very short time afterward. The make is consistent with a manner of jewelry making the French were known for: overlaying karat gold on fine old silver, and rather than real diamonds, the 'paste' diamonds instead. This is a brooch, as you can see, but ...
$1,016 USD SaleSALE Fine Antique Victorian Gold & Diamond Parure, in Box - Original fitted presentation case, complete!
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
Still housed in the original domed leather covered case fitted perfectly to the form of the brooch/pendant and earrings you see here, this set is in excellent condition. The set or 'parure' is in 10k & 12k yellow gold (earring backs test at and are marked 9k) and is set with fine old mine cut diamonds to represent the stars in the Heaven to which someone's dearly departed might be remembered among. The set would have been a mourning jewelry or 'sentimental' jewelry set, true, but it survives ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Fine Antique Georgian Mourning Brooch, Seed Pearl & Garnet, 10k - Locket aperture for a lock of loved one's hair
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
I just love these wonderful old Georgian to Victorian mourning brooches, or sentimental jewelry items, don't you? What an endearing tradition, to keep a lock of hair and, preserved so beautifully, the memory of the person mourned. This one has a gorgeous double halo, the outer one flat cut garnets; the inner one of finest Georgian seed pearls. The pearls represent the tears shed by the mourner, of course (iconographical symbol) and there in the center, within the glass aperture, is housed a ...
$1,016 USD SaleSALE 2 ct. Diamonds, Antique 9k & 14K Gold Bracelet, Turquoise
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
Just a stunning look in wear, and rich with diamonds, this very interesting bracelet is one I found last month in London. Isn't it just superb! The interesting part is, it's obviously a marriage of 2 old bracelets, one being the diamonds and turquoise in linked flexible band which tests 9k gold, and the other the chains and old clasp that complete it (testing 14K and 15k, respectively). But the piece in its 'bespoke' entirety really does 'work'! I've already worn this one, and must admit to a ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Great Antique Micro Mosaic Cufflinks, Sterling Silver Mounts
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique:Micromosaic
Such a GREAT way to extend the life of a couple of antique micromosaic buttons, shown here made up in what we'd guestimate to be 1940s cufflinks. Amply marked 'sterling' on all parts, the set is a wonderfully hand made pair you'll love to wear. We're pleased to offer them here! Very good to excellent condition, no splits or cracks to deal with in the micromosaics, and the sterling hinged mounts are not only ingeniously made (double hinged, as you can see), they are very nice in the cuff. Whether ...
$506 USD SaleSALE Georgian 18K Gold & Seed Pearl Brooch - Mourning or Hair Memento
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
A stunning 18K hair locket mourning brooch in intricate lace of seed pearls - from the Georgian era, c. 1790- 1830, set with the locket center that holds a plaited lock of the hair of someone well loved, long mourned, who died over 170 years ago. If cloning ever becomes possible, imagine meeting the person whose memory is preserved with the little lock of hair which remains in the centerpiece of this superb treasure even today. A fascinating genre in early 1800s jewelry, and one you new ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Neoclassical Figures, Antique Shell Cameo - Cupid 9K Gold Brooch!
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
A Wonderful depiction of, is it Psyche and Cupid? I think so. Though with them riding on a cloud, might be another mythical pair playing out their story and lore on this beautifully carved natural shell cameo. The raised hinge of the shell has been worked into the cameo's design as part of the billowing clouds, and makes for an interesting mounting. The piece is backed in mother of pearl and is set in a lovely rippled belt style mount tested at 9K karat gold. All in all, the brooch has superb ...
$421 USD SaleSALE Unique Antique Victorian Shell Cameo Pendant, French 18k Gold
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
I've never seen a carved shell cameo presented in this fashion, and kind of wonder if she isn't someone's favorite cameo (for obvious reasons - she's beautifully carved), and perhaps she's been remade to remove the usual pinkish shell background which may have been damaged - or perhaps she was just, well, made this way. The form-fitting mount is entirely in 18k gold, with a diamond-shaped losenge mark that looks very French, but it says "750" rather than being an eagles head or one of the other ...
$158 USD SaleSALE Antique Victorian Double Strand Red Coral Necklace
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
What could be more popular in our day than this wonderful and informally charming double strand of Victorian raw-cut and drilled coral branches made up into a 2-strand necklace. Casually elegant, the perfect color and form to wear dressing up or down. The necklace is mid-late 1800s, survives beautifully and is immediately wearable as it is. The claw-tube clasp holds tight when latched, and is made of brass rather than karat gold. Beautifully matched for color and quality, the beads of natural ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Antique 14K Gold, Onyx, Seed Pearl Pendant & Chain
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
A beautiful mourning pendant from the late Victorian to Edwardian era, set with a highly polished Jet or Onyx oval that is further adorned with the seed pearl 'tears' of the original owner who mourned someone they'd lost all those years ago. Now it's a lovely pendant to wear on any occasion, stylish and elegant at the same time. We've added a 14k chain, which is not antique, but it will come along with this particular pendant or lavalier jewelry item. A nice large bale up top will allow you to ...
$209 USD SaleSALE Antique 10k Gold Ring, Seed Pearl & Turquoise, Box
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
I've got such a backlog of beautiful little Georgian to Victorian era mourning rings piling up here around me, and I'm going to simply list them with barest information. Mourning jewelry of the 1700s to 1800s are highly collectable, rich with symbolic devotionals. Seed pearls represented the tears of the lost loved one's survivor who wore the ring in memory. Some are fitted with other gems as well. Will note the variations and details for each ring: A little Edwardian, 9k gold set with seed ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Antique Victorian 12k Gold Mourning Brooch, Pendant
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
Sentimental jewelry, 'mourning' jewelry (jewellery), of the Georgian to Victorian era can seem a bit strange and even macabre to the new collectors, but consider that even today jewelry items are made to commemorate the loss of a loved one, or even a pet. Yes, it's true! A whole industry exists now to make diamonds from cremains (cremation remains). You can even pick whether the diamond will be fancy (colored) or not. Prices are out of sight, of course - mourners are known for not watching price ...
$141 USD SaleSALE Antique Victorian Brooch with Large Red Coral Beads
Antique & Vintage Jewelry:Antique
A charming antique Victorian brooch in well crafted flattened pillow-like round beads of natural red to salmon coral, set into a one of a kind lost-wax cast brass mount that is of an allow that mimics the brightness of gold, but isn't gold. The mount has been tested, is not gold despite the look of it being. Large and impressive brooch. NOTE: The red coral is a talisman for protection of the wearer from harm. Coral has long been thought of as a protective amulet. Going back to ancient times, it ...
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San Marcos, CA
Email only, please: susandean-aut@cox.net
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