All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1970 item #1490798 (stock #0709)
An early design by the Los Castillo taller (could it have been created by their cousin, Salvador Teran, when he was still working for them?), the “fish skeleton” is considered a classic and has seen many emulations and reproductions over the years. The hinged bracelet at hand, wrought in thick silver sheet with copper bead accents, is a modernist treasure that was made for small wrists...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1980 item #1490786 (stock #jj1822/3395)
Three pieces of modernist sterling jewelry by noted Vermont jeweler, Luella C. Schroeder, (1918-2004), who worked at the Cranbrook Institute before going off on her own to open a jewelry studio are available. They may be purchased individually or in any combination.

The first item is a sterling silver modernist brooch with a layer of three stylized fish on a contrasting darkened silver background. Measures 2 1/4" long and almost an inch across...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1490753 (stock #15923)
One of Taxco's still unidentified maestros is responsible for this gorgeous, hefty and very well made silver and tiger's eye bracelet. Carefully cut-out of thick sterling sheet, its links are inspired by Mexico's ancient Maya and Aztec civilizations yet somehow the bracelet fits perfectly in the context of mid-century design. When I first started my journey in the world of vintage Mexican jewelry, I was unfailingly attracted to pieces adorned with amethyst...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1490706 (stock #RP08130)
Period Pieces
$549.00
This strikingly beautiful pin is an interesting mixture of the Art Nouveau and Victorian styles. The Victorians loved to use real insects in jewelry. This particular type was a favorite.The Nouveau jewelers loved naturalistic motifs, but generally didn’t incorporate organic substances – yet the design of the framework is very Nouveau. Marked “14k”, the pale gold setting contrasts nicely with the deep green of the beetle. The pin stem assembly is original...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1970 item #1490647 (stock #12551)
One of the better known "less celebrated" maestros of Mexico's 20th c. Silver Renaissance, AEM (or, as I like to refer to him, AE Heart because of the heart-shaped M that hugs the signature's other two initials) lived and worked in Mexico City. Of good weight and exhibiting very good craftsmanship, AEM's jewelry often emulate pieces by his more famous contemporaries but he created many original designs himself as well...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Native American : Pre 1980 item #1490640 (stock #14406/14407)
One Good Eye Silver
$135.00
for the pair
Offered here as a pair, these beautiful vintage heishi necklaces are made up of slender shell disks, turquoise, silver and glass beads and what I think are most probably shark teeth. They have been with me for a long, long time and I always thought I would combine them into one longer piece yet never gotten around to it. So it's time for them to go to a new, loving home where they will be worn and enjoyed once again...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1490639 (stock #RM10138)
Period Pieces
$299.00
This sterling silver buckle features translucent (plique a jour) enamel in a floral motif. These sash buckles with plique are quite unusual. The enamel is red, green, and two shades of blue. It is signed with a “JK” above another “JK” in a box. There are marks for London, 1886, and a duty mark. Measuring 3-1/8” x 2-1/4", it weighs 32.7g or 1.16 oz. It is in very good condition...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #1490570 (stock #RE09026)
Period Pieces
$459.00
We found this sweet pair of earrings in London, England. Rubies symbolize love and immortality. Pearls symbolize purity and harmony. What a perfect combination for these pretty earrings! They test as 10kt gold, although they are marked 375 for 9kt (this often happens in older jewelry). The hanging flower basket motif is quite charming. They contain a total of 16 rubies and 18 seed pearls. The total length is 1-7/8”, and together they weight 4.3g...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1970 item #1490546 (stock #16014)
Admittedly my favorite Mexican modernist, Salvador Teran seems to have never had a "bad" moment during his career. There is not one piece of his that I have come upon which I have not loved for its quirky abstraction, its sometimes tongue-in-cheek genius, its magical way of playing with layers, abstraction and oxidation. The mod pendant presented here provides a good illustration, I believe, of the point I am trying to make...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1940 item #1490515 (stock #16018)
Big and early as indicated by the .900 silver alloy used to craft it, this Mexican Deco silver repousse "mask" brooch I particularly love because of the gorgeous stone out of which the portrait is carved as well as the pronounced repoussage of the frame that surrounds it. If you follow my "journey", you already know that I am drawn to Mexican "mask" jewelry...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1490496 (stock #15714)
Made in the 1960s, this vintage Mexican sterling silver bracelet consists of figural disks developing in a row defined by lengths of double-woven, thick chain. I have seen this combination featuring three different kinds of disk designs. While here we have depictions of the country's history as well as symbols of its old religion (a jaguar warrior portrait, Quetzalcoatl, Mexico's state Eagle) the specific bracelet design can be found with Mexican coins or representations of the zodiac cycle. I l...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1490458 (stock #RP09177)
Period Pieces
$259.00
This graceful pin is from the Edwardian/Art Nouveau era. The round peridot is framed by an oval of seed pearls, between delicate arabesques of gold set with more seed pearls, for a total of 30 (2 are replacements). Stamped 14k on the back, with an illegible maker’s mark, it measures 1-½” x 7/16" and weighs 2.0g. The peridot is slightly scratched, and the safety is a little loose and fussy, but in overall very good antique condition and with a nice patina. Circa 1910. Brought to Europe by th...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1980 item #1490451
An absolutely magnificent, absolutely superb quality unheated, untreated ruby from the famed gem mines of Myanmar Burma weighing 2.13ct and set in luxurious 18k gold with diamonds. . Gorgeous shade of deeply saturated medium to darker red, exactly as the famed ‘pigeon’s blood’ hue of yore should be, and certified accordingly. and fully certificated by the internationally acclaimed GRS laboratory, absolutely beautiful! The first photos show the stone under normal daylight, and the others on...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Platinum : Vintage : Pre 1980 item #1490449
A simply extraordinary and utterly unique Jewel set in solid platinum and featuring a stunning Unheated Ruby from Mogok in Burma weighing an impressive 1.70ct. The beautifully made ring contains an array of clean and white diamonds of exceptional quality totalling 1.02ct. The star of the show is certainly however the superb Ruby which is of a gorgeous hue of fuchsia mixed with red. Actually most people would perceive this possibly as pinkish under indoor/cloudy conditions. We have shown the ston...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Platinum : Vintage : Pre 1980 item #1490445
Superb Unheated No Heat Sri Lanka 3.72ct Blue Violet Sapphire & Diamond Ring. Condition is Pre-owned. Exceptionally clean - eye clean and virtually but not quite loupe clean - for the genre with wonderful lustre. No heat or other treatment. Lotus Gemology certificate confirming no heat and the origin is supplied. Shipped with Expedited Shipping from outside US.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Platinum : Vintage : Pre 1980 item #1490444
A simply extraordinary and utterly unique Jewel set in solid 18k white gold and featuring a stunning completely unheated and untreated Ruby from Mozambique weighing an impressive 1.71ct. The beautifully made ring contains a delightful array of pear/marquis diamonds of excellent quality totalling 1.02ct. The star of the show is certainly however the unheated ruby, which is of the famous Pigeon’s Blood colour, a slightly darker and deeply saturated hue, absolutely unique, absolutely beautiful an...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Arts and Crafts : Pre 1920 item #1490416 (stock #RN09175)
Period Pieces
$399.00
This unusual enameled sterling pendant comes out of the Arts & Crafts movement, roughly 1880-1920 (it can be argued that it still continues!) The enamel colors are associated with the women’s suffrage movement in the UK: green (Give), white (Women the), and violet (Vote) – or at least, that’s the story! The free-standing wire work (so unusual!) interlaces around the body of the piece, and holds an oval of mother-of-pearl in place. Also unusual is the use of some brown enamel. There is a li...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Pre 1960 item #1490401
Global Ceramics
$120.00
Traditional Balinese bangle and ring, sterling silver with silver pearl filigree and gold inlay. 1950’s (?), marked 925 and 22 K. The inner width of the bangle is "2 ½ / 6.8 cm, inner diameter of the ring "2/3/ 18 mm. Condition: some wear to the bangle’s gold inlay (cf. pics).