All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1930 item #172485 (stock #T 418)
Each. Very vintage circa 1930, very Art Deco and unusual wooden demi-parure book chain necklace and/ or bracelet for any season bookchain festoon bibs such as these were quite popular from the late Victorian era on through to mid century. Are those hazelnuts hanging from the gilt brass bookchain, or tan Hershey kisses? Instead you will find carved imprinted wood dangles or charms with shiny, rich patina present only after 50 or 60 years...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1960 item #1392431
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Gorgeous heavy vintage circa 1950 French necklace with three strands of large blue glass beads wired in dark goldtone metal with a matching slide clasp with a large matching cabochon poured glass stone. With large and medium size poured glass beads in honeycomb shapes, and faceted transparent beads with a slightly iridescent finish. 16 1/2 inches wearable length on the inside strand and the center drops 2 1/2 inches...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1970 item #1385832
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Fabulous 1960s or 1970s big glass beaded necklace with jewel tone art glass beads, most likely French. Also from the same estate, coordinating pierced earrings with black and white glass cabochons which are very similar to the black and white embedded in some of the beads on the necklace. There is a silvertone bead at the back that looks like a French style screw barrel clasp, but it appears to be a faux decorative clasp. It is not needed as the necklace is long enough to go over the head easily...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1940 item #1362911
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Beautiful vintage 1930s bib necklace in dark goldtone metal with festooned chains with solid metal drops with a cross hatched design, with hook clasp. Most likely French, based on quality and construction. Substantial and very well made. No missing elements. 18 1/2 inches wearable length and the center drops about 1 5/8 inches. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1349052
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Gorgeous super long 1970s or 1980s necklace with cobalt blue poured glass beads hand knotted in a continuous strand with matching blue thread. Super luxe and sumptuous. The colors are slightly variegated, and the blue is a bit warmer than the photos may show. A whopping 126 inches long. Beads are 1/4 inch in diameter. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1349051
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Beautiful vintage bracelet in silvertone metal with brilliant strass rhinestones, prong set, with blue, green, and red poured glass drops attached along the bracelet to tiny loops. Slide clasp with matching stone and safety chain. Probably French; the attached drops, the brilliant stones, the clasp, and the overall construction and look are characteristically French. 1960s or 1970s. The glass drops are attached in groups evenly by color. There are large, medium and small drops...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1336403
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1970s chic statement size runway link necklace in heavy sculpted cast metal, in silvertone with goldtone accents, with foldover clasp. Top couture quality, possibly an unsigned Les Bernard. This necklace can be found with the Les Bernard signature. Substantial at 162 grams. Wearable length is 18 1/4 inches and width is just under 1 1/2 inches. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1325345
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Gorgeous heavy vintage 1970s very long French ball bead chain necklace with antiqued goldtone fluted beads with darker connectors. Continuous strand. 58 inches long. The beads are 1/4 inch. A statement on its own or great to layer with other sautoirs. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1325334
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Gorgeous vintage very long necklace in blue and green glass seed beads sewn in the style of early 20th century Wiener Werkstatte sautoirs, with long tassels with very big poured foiled glass beads in blue green, and large very detailed silvertone cast metal elements in leaf form motif. Probably later, circa 1970. 47 inches wearable length, not including the tassels, which are each 6 3/4 inches long. The large poured foiled glass beads are 1 1/8 inches by 7/8 inch...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1910 item #1318845
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Fabulous stunning antique 19th century gunmetal/Berlin iron long collet set crystal sautoir necklace with purple pointed stones. Mid to late 19th century, probably French. These necklaces were also originally used as muff chains, hanging the fur muff around the wearer's neck, where it would fall at about waist length. The watch style clasp could also be used to hang items such as a lorgnette or a lady's watch...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1316660
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Beautiful vintage French Art Deco long sautoir necklace with wired glass bead groups in opaque red and black, and clear crystal, on dark brass tone wire with screw barrel clasp. 1970s or earlier. All beads are glass. The groups of beads are arranged in alternating patterns. 38 inches wearable length and 1/2 inches wide. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1970 item #1316658
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Sumptuous very long vintage 1960s French necklace with opaline poured glass beads, faceted clear glass beads, and tiny goldtone spacers which I have had on signed French jewelry. Screw clasp. With large and medium round opaline beads, and large oblong "ruffled" poured glass beads. Recently professionally restrung for security. Great size at 72 inches. The large round opaline beads are 1/2 inch and the large ruffled beads are 7/8 inch by 1/2 inch. Excellent condition. Display form is life size...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1970 item #1316657
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Gorgeous vintage French long necklace in goldtone metal with frosted poured glass beads, engraved chain, long fluted beads, small crimped beads, and rhinestone rondelles, with spring ring clasp. 1960s or 1970s. A statement on its own, or layer with other similar sautoirs. 39 1/2 inches wearable length and 1/2 inch wide at largest beads. Excellent condition. The spring ring needs to be closed manually but once closed is secure and stays closed. Display form is life size...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1301137
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Huge statement wide vintage 1970s bracelet in antiqued cast goldtone metal with panels connected by fine chains, with granulated decoration in a paisley motif, in Etruscan or tribal style, with a box slide clasp. Great size -- 2 3/8 inches wide and 7 inches wearable length. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1297688
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Great statement vintage 1970s Etruscan style necklace with faux ivory resin beads and heavy cast goldtone mountings, with a large pendant with lion heads and bead drops. Not signed but the style and quality of Les Bernard and KJL jewelry. Spring ring clasp. 24 1/2 inches wearable length and the center drops 4 1/2 inches. Excellent condition with two beads with small manufacturing flaws, toward the clasp of the necklace, pictured but not noticeable at a short distance. Display form is...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1288586
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Stunning very big 1970s heavy cast goldtone metal tribal or Etruscan style pendant with poured glass beads simulating jade, on a heavy goldtone long chain with spring ring clasp. The pendant has a textured hammered finish. Great size -- pendant is 5 inches long and 3 1/2 inches wide and chain is 30 inches long. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1900 item #1288107
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Beautiful antique Victorian choker length collar necklace made from genuine Whitby jet graduated carved dome shaped oblong beads with a centerpiece in the form of a Maltese cross, with box slide clasp with a jet piece applied to the top. Late 19th century, English. The centerpiece is slightly wider at the bottom and has a textured background surface, and applied faceted jet pieces. The necklace is strung on the original black thread. Guaranteed genuine Whitby jet. There is a hidden hook on the b...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Unsigned : Pre 1980 item #1277849
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Stunning statement vintage 1970s French necklace with five strands of poured glass beads in translucent jewel tones, marbled topaz, and opaque carnelian, with repousse flower decorated dark goldtone metal beads, chains, and openwork terminals with a French screw barrel clasp. Very weighty and substantial. Wearable length on inside strand is 30 inches and the center drops about 4 inches. Excellent condition. Display form is life size. Photos enlarged to show detail.