Vintage Asian Silver Buckle Signed Marked Open Work 2pc

Antiques: Decorative Art: Jewelry: Continental Pre 1920: item #260863
T 634

Lucky Bamboo Design Cut Work & Rope application on this 2 piece vintage Signed Silver Buckle with 12 discs for the 12 animal horoscopes? 1.2 Ounce or 36 Grams of at least 90% silver. Engaged it is 4 3/4" X 2 3/8". Please see mark. No damage or repairs, just a little wavy from use and needs polishing. Please view images, as All Qs will be answered Here in lieu of email reply.

Antique Russian Silver Belt

Antiques: Decorative Art: Jewelry: Continental Pre 1900: item #128214
D12

Filigree belt made of silver wire twisted and soldered with excellent precision. Each panel is decorated with a turquoise. Also the belt is stamped in several places, but the stamps are very small therefore I was not able to make it out. A larger stamp I was able to recognize as the number 84. The belt was probably made in the second half of the 19th century. It is 29 inches long and the buckle is 3 inches long. Each panel measures 1 ¼ x 1 inch. The belt is in good condition, no repairs and no... Click for details

Lovely Czech Art Nouveau Faux Moonstone Brooch c1919

Antiques: Decorative Art: Jewelry: Continental Pre 1920: item #723605

The "Czecho" signature on this ultra-feminine antique brooch lets us date it quite precisely to the first years of the Czech Republic (established in 1918). The region was previously known as Bohemia, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until World War I ended, and Bohemian glass has been prized from medieval times. These gorgeous old pink satin glass moonstones certainly live up to the area's reputation.
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Historically Important Czech Cameo Necklace c 1919

Antiques: Decorative Art: Jewelry: Continental Pre 1920: item #721675

In terms of cameo history, here's the "missing link" between the type we think of as 19th century (despite including very early 20th century examples that continued the neoclassical or Art Nouveau style) and those that are decidedly 20th century, featuring the thoroughly modern, short-haired flapper girls of the 1920s and their successors.

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1870s Austro-Hungarian Renaissance Revival Bracelet

Antiques: Decorative Art: Jewelry: Continental Pre 1900: item #721238

As museums opened across Europe in the 19th century, people flocked to marvel at the treasures of the past -- and then they wanted the look. This led to a series of historical revivals, including Classical, Gothic, Baroque and Rococo, as well Renaissance. The Austrians (who became Austro-Hungarians after the early 1860s) did particularly lovely work in the Renaissance vein, aided by long experience in enamel painting, which was central to the style.... Click for details

Exquisite Victorian Gothic Jeweled Enamel Gilt Brooch

Antiques: Decorative Art: Jewelry: Continental Pre 1900: item #691621

As colorful and crusted with ornamentation as a medieval reliquary, this exciting mid-Victorian brooch is obviously hand-made. Probable origin -- based on style, the exotic color scheme and fine Bohemian pastes -- is Austro-Hungarian. Its Byzantine design, which suggests a Maltese Cross, screams Gothic Revival and the details of construction support an 1860s dating. Note the open C clasp and elongated pinstem. The hinge is of a type that began replacing the old T type during the 1850s. ... Click for details

Antique Art Nouveau Suffragette Pendant Necklace

Antiques: Decorative Art: Jewelry: Continental Pre 1910: item #690513

This antique Suffragette pendant is wonderfully opulent, richly jeweled with cabochons of amethyst and chrysoprase, half-pearls and even faceted amethysts and emeralds. Eight faux gemstones, four of significant size, are featured and they're of such quality they really have to be Bohemian. I expect the intricately layered and detailed setting of gilt filigree is, too, which makes the piece Austro-Hungarian -- probably crafted just before the war that ended their empire, sometime around 1910. ... Click for details

Gorgeous Antique Suffragette Bracelet for Smaller Wrist

Antiques: Decorative Art: Jewelry: Continental Pre 1910: item #685925

If you're petite, no doubt you've found that most antique bracelets are just too big. They were made roomy to wear over gloves in the 19th and very early 20th centuries, so few are shorter than 7 1/2 inches. This one's just 6 1/2 inches long, counting the clasp -- and it's fabulous!

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Richly Jeweled Antique Edwardian Suffragette Earrings

Antiques: Decorative Art: Jewelry: Continental Pre 1920: item #685789

I've never seen this many jewels -- 32 total -- packed onto so little metalwork, which gives these antique earrings a really opulent look. There was certainly no conflict between being a Suffragette and being highly feminine. There are five faceted pastes in each earring, plus 10 faux pearls and a very dimensional heart-shaped leaf of faux opal with loads of fire, that seems to be carved, rather than molded.
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Antique Czech Enamel & Pink Moonstone Dangle Earrings

Antiques: Decorative Art: Jewelry: Continental Pre 1920: item #652598

Last year we found earrings very similar to this pair, but in blue, and they sold in a twinkling. "My dream earrings!" the customer called them. Perhaps these pink beauties will fulfill a dream for you.

Wonderfully feminine and romantic, these can't reasonably be later than 1920, since so much Edwardian and Art Nouveau influence is prese... Click for details