A 14k red orange citrine and 16 diamonds ring from the 1970s. This vintage size 6-1/2 or 6.5 yellow gold ring features a deep orange red genuine citrene. It is 1 carat in size (calculated by gauge). It is surrounded by sixteen 2 point genuine diamonds in an oval-shaped alternate-halo setting. This ring weighs 3.7 grams. It measures 1/2" x 7/16" across the setting, it is stamped 14K with an A+A in a diamond maker's mark...
Here is a continuous sterling silver cable chain of nice heft, with a working swivel clasp marked sterling. The chain itself tests for sterling as well, and is sturdily made. The piece dates around 1920. The chain measures 28 inches inches long, and the bail and swivel add another inch. Weight: 29.3 grams
This is from a Florida Estate... an Art Deco Platinum Diamonds & Sapphire Ring. Set with 14 Old Mine Cut & Rose Cut Diamonds totaling one half Carat with the Beautiful Blue Oval Bezeled Sapphire .60 Carat. Great Art Deco Naivete Ring dating 1900 - 1920 in Excellent Condition
Chinese traditional court necklace composed of rutlilated quartz, jasper, dark etched peking glass, turquoise, lapis lazuli with woven knotted silk. Beautiful and dramatic work.
From an East Bay Berkeley home.
Dates 20th Century
Size L 69"
A pretty 10K yellow and rose gold half-hoop wedding band, the front decorated with finely engraved roses. The flower petals are worked in rose gold for added contrast and the entire design is recessed to prevent wear to the carving. The interior of the shank is marked "10K" and also has an unidentified maker's mark.
This 14Kt two tone gold and diamond ring is from the 1930’s. A very good quality 0.28Ct brilliant cut solitaire diamond is set in a white gold six prong setting that holds the diamond with a yellow gold shank. The diamond has G color and VS1 clarity. This ring is a great value for the budget conscious shopper. Our original price was $ 850 but we slashed the price to $475. The ring is a size 6 1/4 and it can easily be sized.
A unique opportunity to own your antique gold car. This vintage animated 1960-s 14Kt yellow gold charm/pendant depicts an early Ford A model from the early 20th century. The whole car is made of 14Kt gold and the wheels roll.
It has been a long time since I have offered a mosaic Mexican silver necklace. It is difficult to find one as perfect as this one. No loss of mosaic which is rare and most importantly a design that rates above the rest in beauty and execution of color. This is a swirling, breathing, dragon with Lapis touched off as the dot in the swirls and dangle drops. The rest of the inlay is a rich deep teal turquoise. The weight is 78 grams heavy with a wearable length of 17in. The drop is 3in...
A brutalist, modernist sterling silver pendant by the Swedish jeweler, Isaac Cohen. Marked on the bale with ICO for the maker, another mark that is hard to read, and V9 for 1971. Measures about 2 1/2" long including the bale and 1 1/4" wide. Large bale so will accommodate a thick chain or neck ring. Fine condition, quality piece.
A handsome pair of Victorian 14K yellow gold double-sided cufflinks, the square faces highlighted with a hammered texture and star-set with very good quality antique cushion-cut diamonds, sapphires and rubies. One pair is diamond and ruby and the other is diamond and sapphire. The stones show no indications of heat treatment. The ruby and sapphire are most likely from Burma and Ceylon, respectively...
An elegant Victorian 10K yellow gold locket depicting a curving branch of poppies with a small star-set old mine cut diamond to one side. The reverse has a period monogram. Tested and guaranteed 10K gold.
Origin: America, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 1" diameter (excluding bail). Weight: 4.2 gr.
Modernist handmade sterling and moonstone cross necklace made by Catanzaro, c.1960's. The piece is signed "CATANZARO STERLING" and is in excellent condition. The large cross measures 4 1/4" long by 2 3/4" wide with a 21 1/2" hand made chain.....$9 USA insured shipping.
A textured folded link sterling silver charm bracelet with 17 charms from the 1970s. This 7" long and 3/16" wide bracelet has textured folded links and it has a box clasp with a safety loop...
Wonderful deep carving on this sterling silver bracelet, signed by artist, titled "The Bear", 1970s era.
Measures 1 1/8" deep, is 6 1/4" on the outside, with a gap of 1 3/8", and is slightly flexible.
In the traditional Northwest Coast form, the bracelet is curved, with abstracted form lines creating a cultural figure, in this case, a bear.
The work is especially fine, very deep carving with cross hatching and detailing over the entire surface...
A beautiful Georg Jensen USA Laurence Foss designed brooch in a classic Arts and Crafts pineapple style. Brooch measures 1 3/8" tall and 1 1/4" across. Has a teardrop moonstone cabochon. Marked with U.S.A. Georg Jensen, Inc., 480 and Sterling. Has a roll over safety clasp which holds securely. Nice patina and weight. Some minor surface scratches and a little tarnish. Wonderfully made.
Mystery maker: Vintage silver tested unsigned unmarked Nouveau Deco Arts Crafts era scarab cabs A or B ring with applied foliate reminding one of Doris Cliff, Ms. French by the first and maybe European (B). The leaf motif looks very much like the English jewelry maker by the name of Bernard Instone...
Known as the Josephine Baker bracelet, this c1935 Bakelite and brass cuff was originally designed to hold face powder and a small square powder puff.
The inner diameter of the cuff is 2 1/4" (6 cm) x 2" (5.5 cm). The opening is
1 1/4" (3.5 cm). At the widest part, the cuff measures 1 11/16" (4.9 cm). It tapers to 1/2" (1.2 cm) at the open ends.
Though the powder and puff are no longer with us, the compact area is clean
and has a 1 1/4" (3.5 cm) square opening and a 1/4" (.6 cm) depth...
We have a bracelet of large dimensions at 2.25in. tall and weighing in at 150.00 grams. Marked only Sterling and then also Taxco with a push pin closure. The diameter of the bracelet is 2.5in. and fits most. The panels are divided up with a decorative motif of a caviar bead wrapped in rope and bead work up and down the height of the bracelet. This looks fantastic with Aguilar and Spratling designs. No damage and a patina that was almost black when received...
Glam long bib necklace in goldtone metal with very large poured glass beads with an iridescent silvery finish. Circa 1965. Large cast metal elements have Etruscan revival applied beading and wirework and
are suspended from groups of metal chains. Spring ring clasp. Perfectly on trend with the glam, edgy look of the metals, chains, and studs which are all over the runways and fashion magazines. Wearable length is 19 inches. Drop is 7 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide. Excellent
conditi...
Art Nouveau Gold Tone Amber stick pin with an oval cabochon amber in the center. The top measures 1/2" in diameter and the pin length is 2 7/8", circa 1910. Good vintage condition, Pin with slight bend.
This handmade ring features a substantial domed top of cross-hatched openwork and an adjustable band. It dates around 1960-1970, and bears the marks of husband and wife designers Else Berntsen Hughes and Paul Hughes, including the H mark for their workshop, Studio Else and Paul. The ring is sized approximately 4 ½-5 and can be adjusted slightly larger by a competent jeweler. Weight: 10.5 grams
An 18k yellow gold wedding ring circa 1950s. This vintage size 8 wedding band has a rounded upper shape and is 18K solid gold. This classic design ring weighs approximately 4.6 grams and it is 1/8" (or 3.4mm) wide and 1/16" (1.74mm) thick. It is marked HARWOOD and 18K. Harwood was one of the jewellery designs by W & H Jewelry Company,Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, known 1940s-1965). This ring is in very good vintage condition with no bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than small ...
Hallmarks date this Hector Aguilar Fertility necklace 1948-1962. Collector quality, this piece is superbly crafted and lays perfectly on the neck. Links are hand wrought, deeply carved, with oxidized recesses and a beautiful patina. Measures a closed, wearable length of 16 1/2". Signed and hallmarked ".940 HA Taxco Mexico", with the eagle assay 9. Weight is 70.8 grams. In excellent vintage condition.
Spratling Brooch Pendant which bears the first phase marks as shown is an iconic design from the Mexican Silver Renaissance. All the amethyst have the teat shape which is the original cut for the stones. There is no chips or cracks to the stones. It is a 3 inch circumference and has a weight of 71 grams. This is a substancial piece. It can be worn to clasp a shawl and hold considerable weight. Add your own chain and thread it thru the barrels and have a necklace!
A fun piece of sporting jewelry depicting a crossed pair of croquet mallets and a coral ball inside the wicket. The banded agate stone is black with a single white line and has never been engraved. Croquet became fashionable among the English elite in 1856 when when the first book of croquet rules was published and the All England Croquet Club was formed at Wimbledon. The fob is stamped “10 ct.”
- Origin: England, ca. 1860
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 3/4” x 9/16...
Wide bangle bracelet from the art deco period in yellow goldfill, opens on side, circumference is 7.1 inches. Width is 7/8 inch. Excellent condition.
An elegant pair of cufflinks with engraved decoration suggesting flowing water. The decoration is anchored at either end with a pair of seed pearls and a pair of single-cut and old European cut diamonds. The gold surfaces are acid-bloomed to achieve the rich coloring typical of Art Nouveau jewels. The bridge connectors are marked “585” for 14K and with hallmarks used in Vienna during the late Secessionist and early Art Deco periods, 1902-22.
Origin: Imperial Austria, ca. 1905. Conditi...
A vintage 1920s facetted crystal bead necklace c1920s. This 16-1/2" necklace consists of small and large crystal beads (maximum 3/8" wide) with a subtle mauve colour strung on a thin chain, with a barrel clasp. This item is in very good original condition with no cracks, corrosion, damage or repairs other than chips to two beads and very slight abrasions to the edges of the others (barely noticeable) and some loss to the silver plating on the chain and clasp. Shipping starts at $4 (to the US ...
A collection of antique Ethiopian silver jewels, most of them Coptic Christian crosses. There is also a digit finger ring for a lady, and an ear spoon. Old Ethiopian silver, like these crosses, usually has a very high silver content, but is not hall marked. However, all these items have been tested for a silver content of at least 925 /1000. Altogether they weigh 127 grams. Sizes: largest cross "3 ½ / 9.2 cm and the smallest "1 ½ / 3.7 cm, inner diameter of the ring "3/4/ 18.5 mm. Condition: f...
A feldspar necklace and earrings set from the 1930s with pastel colours. This natural mineral crystal is semitranslucent and easily dyed with a linear fiber-like appearance and it is shown to good effect in this post-Deco era set. The 15-1/2" necklace has five interlocking hoops with one colour each of blue, pink and green; the colours alternate on the ends of the necklace. The 1-1/2 x 7/8" screwback earrings have multiple colours of feldspar as well and all stones are capped with brass fitt...
This c. 1910 buckle brooch is beautifully decorated with turquoise tour a guilloche enamel work, with round white enamel accents around the perimeter. The enamel is in excellent condition, save for two minute spots on two of the round white decorations. It is marked sterling on the back and features a secure C-clasp. The shade of the enamel appears to vary in the photo, but it actually is the same consistent, vivid turquoise throughout the pin. Also, the pin appears to be gilded in the photo, bu...
Offered on consignment.....
This pre-1948 bracelet is a huge, wide, weighty piece and a Fred Davis design. It's unsigned, marked simply "Silver Mexico".
The panels have a geometric design inspired by pre-Columbian clay stamps which Davis collected. You can see a similar Fred Davis bracelet with amethysts in my shop.
Bracelet measures a closed, wearable length of 7", with a width of 2 1/8".
Weight is 104.9 grams.
In excellent vintage condi...
A fabulous Art Deco platinum brooch in the form of a carved hardstone Scottish Terrier sitting atop a diamond-encrusted platform surrounded by a leash as a sort of diamond-set halo. The dog is finely carved and enhanced with a matte finish. The 114 old mine and single-cut diamonds average H color and SI1 clarity. The back of the pin is finished with a double clip. The reverse is engraved "To Mama 6-8-36". The bottom edge of the gallery has what appears to be a heavily worn signature. Teste...
Large American Modernist Sterling Spiral Brooch
Ed Wiener
c.1948
Excellent condition
3" x 2 3/4"
This simple but sophisticated ring features a lovely, polished dyed blue chalcedony is securely prong set in a sterling silver mount. The setting displays openwork shoulders with light embossing. The inside of the band is marked sterling and shows an unidentified maker’s mark. The stone exhibits no scratches or other signs of wear. The stone measures stone 7/8 inch long by 5/8 inch wide. The ring is a size 5 ¼.