A mid-Victorian pair of hand carved shell cameos of a mythological man and woman mounted on a later bar pin c1900. The two 7/8 x 5/8" cameos are thick and finely carved and the rolled gold plate pin has a safety clasp and it measures 1-7/8" long. It is unsigned and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...

This hat pin is circa 1890. It has a center amethyst stone.

A Victorian hinged brass bangle, engraved and enameled. Made around 1860, probably English. Inner diameter "2/ 5,2 cm. Condition: some wear consisting with age.

A great looking Victorian 2-1/2" x 11/16" bar pin c1870-80. This unmarked rolled gold plate pin features applied decoration, black enamelling and a textured surface; it has the original c-clasp and it is in excellent original condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. 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. Surface shipping to the continental U.S...

A lovely hollow rose gold cross that is etched on both sides. Unmarked. 3/4" x 3/4" excluding jump ring.Weight 2.2grams

A late 19th century Vulcanite (early thermoset plastic) cameo locket pendant with an applied cameo-style head. This 1-1/2" x 1-1/8" pendant has a silverplated loop and a fine floral and spiral molded design along with a retaining bezel for hair or a photo. This item is in very good original condition with no cracks, crazing, damage or repairs other than a small loss to the cameo's nose and a chip at the hinge which doesn't affect opening or closing...

A Victorian ornate silver and gold plated watch chain circa 1870s. This antique ornate 13-5/8" watchchain is 7/16" wide and it consists of six nickel plated base metal oblong links with fine engraving. Each link is attached by thick loops. Every alternating link has gold plated engraved inserts held with three thin metal bands. It has a swivel and it is unsigned and unmarked...

A Victorian gold filled photo locket on a fancy rolled gold plate chain necklace from the 1870s 1880s. This necklace is unusual in that it is gold filled and not the typical sterling silver and it features yellow gold plate and a strip of fancy bordered rose gold plate setting off the design...

A Victorian rolled gold plate crystal spider brooch tie pin circa 1880s. This vintage late Victorian period 2-5/8" long pin has a 7/8" spider with an amber crystal body and amber paste head. This pin has a safety-pin type catch, it is stamped ROLLED GOLD and there appears to be a small 87 and the letter S. It is also stamped W.Bs on the clasp...

This Victorian Scottish pebble brooch features an oval, scrolled and gadrooned picture frame which test to approximately 9K with 10K acid. (The solution dissolves very slowly the mark on the stone.)

Dating from the late Gerogian early Victorian eras, this agate was mined, polished up and beveled to show off its opaque colors and translucency.

The reverse features a fine working t-hinge and longer, earlier Victorian pinbar with c-clasp...

A rolled gold plate hatpin with a purple stone from the 1880s. This vintage late Victorian coiled tube style 7-1/8" hatpin features a bezel-set amethyst glass stone, and the gold plated top measures 1-1/8" across and 1-3/8" tall above the steel pin. It is unsigned, and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...

Pretty, circular mid 19th century pin or brooch. Flower mosaic made up of extremely thin glass tesserae set in a white metal frame. Diameter "1/ 2,5 cm. Condition: a few of the grayish tesserae missing (cf. photos).

A highly ornate engraved and tooled mid-Victorian silver coloured metal (not sterling) 1-1/4 x 1-1/8" photo locket. This 1870s-80s unsigned pendant has two different fancy external metal faces mounted on brass; it has both retaining bezels and some strands of hair inside along with blue backing papers. This item is in excellent original condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...

A typically complex and attractive mid-Victorian 1-3/4 x 1-1/4" rolled gold plate pin c1860s. This pin features seed pearls, applied black enamel and a layered design. It has a c-clasp, and it has a hook for wear as a pendant, for suspension of a watch or from a chatelaine. It is unsigned, and it is in excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than a few tiny misses to the enamel...

Pretty brooch or pin made in the late 19th century or around 1870. Flower mosaic made up of minimal glass tesserae set in a brass frame. Diameter "1¼/ 3 cm. Condition: fine.

An attractive mid-Victorian mourning brooch c1860-80. It is a pressed horn with a dark resinous/lacquer finish to resemble jet or bog oak (which was a semi-petrified and preserved wood from the marshy bogs of Ireland, less common even in the 19th century, so also imitated). This 1-5/8" x 1" pin features a high relief flower spray; it has the original brass c-clasp...

A Victorian Scottish banded agate brooch pin from the 1860-80 era. This attractive antique round pin measures 1-3/4" across and it has a central hole. it is in white metal and has the original c-clasp. The Victorian were fascinated with the natural world, and specimen agates were popular set into tables and boxes, and of course jewellery. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than a few small natural internal cleaves and st...

A mother of pearl hand carved portrait cameo from the 1890s. this unset vintage late Victorian hand-carved portrait cameo is carved in natural mother-of-pearl. This 1-7/8 x 1-1/2" cameo features a right-facing young maiden; it is unsigned and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Tracked Pack...