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Victorian Silver 14K Gold Horse Head Sporting Brooch
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Pre 1900 item# 925158
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A stunning Viennese silver and gold brooch styled as a fully three-dimension horse’s head. The horse is fully rigged with a bit, bridle and reins, all worked in 14K yellow gold. The level of detail on both the front and back of the brooch is simply amazing. It has a sculptural quality rarely seen in animal-theme jewelry. The texture of the short hairs of the faces is palpable and even the veins running down from the horse’s forehead to its muzzle are picked out in detail. The base of the neck is marked with the maker’s mark “H & S” and the original c-clasp is stamped with Austrian silver hallmarks used 1872-1922. The brooch is presented in its original fitted box, the interior of the lid imprinted “Moppert/Baden-Baden”. Baden-Baden was the leading European luxury spa during the last half of the nineteenth century, counting Queen Victoria and the French, German, and Austrian emperors as regular guests. Wilhelm Moppert established the town’s most exclusive jewelry shop and sold to Europe’s crowned heads and nobility. He was often in a position to purchase jewels, as well. Dostoyevsky writes of the shop in his novel “The Gambler”, frequently mentioning the unlucky gamblers in the renowned casino who were forced to sell their jewels at Moppert to settle their gambling debts. Origin: Austria/Germany, ca. 1875. Condition: excellent, all original, never polished. Size: 1-3/4” x 1-3/4”. Weight: 17.4 grams.
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Victorian Gilt Silver & Garnet Owl Stick Pin
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Pre 1900 item# 904422
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$260
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A delightful Victorian stick pin, the head formed as an owl’s head. The face is entirely covered with seventy rose-cut garnets. Larger garnets, with smaller stones set around them in circles, suggest the eyes. The beak is worked in low-karat gold, the color providing a nice contrast to the silver settings of the garnets. The back is also worked in low-karat gold. The stem has the twisted style generally found on earlier stick pins. The pin shaft is signed “KER”.Origin: England, ca. 1850. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: overall length, 3”; head, 11/16” x 11/16”. Weight: 3.6 grams.
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Victorian Gilt Silver Floral Micromosaic Brooch
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Pre 1900 item# 668577
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A lovely Italian micro-mosaic brooch set in a gilt silver mounting. The brooch depicts a bouquet of blue morning glories against a black background. The coloring is very nice and the mosaic work is excellent. Floral micromosaics usually feature roses instead of more uncommon flowers such as morning glories. The back retains the original pinstem and c-clasp.Origin: Italy, ca. 1870. Condition: excellent, no chips or cracks, no missing tesserae. Size: 1-9/16" x 1-1/4".
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Aesthetic Shiebler Mixed Metal Curio Medallion Brooch
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Pre 1900 item# 581643
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A wonderfully rare mixed-metal Curio Medallion brooch by George Shiebler. The pin comprises four individual medallion plaques, each in a different metal and each depicting a different Olympian god. From left: a diamond-shaped gilt-silver plaque shows Artemis/Diana, goddess of the hunt and protector of virgins; a round silver plaque shows Ares/Mars god of violence and offensive warfare; a square bronze plaque shows Dionysus/Bacchus, god of various debaucheries; and a triangular brass plaque shows Athena/Minerva, goddess of wisdom and defensive warfare. The surfaces retain their original patination and sharp detail. The back is marked with Shiebler’s wing hallmark, "sterling", and the design number “1488”. The pinstem is original, but the original c-clasp has been replaced.Origin: America, ca. 1880. Condition: excellent, all original except clasp. Size: 2-11/16” x 7/8”. Weight: 12.0 grams.
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Imperial Russian Enameled Silver Carnelian Easter Egg
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Pre 1920 item# 542482
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A wonderful enameled silver and carnelian Easter egg pendant from Russia’s Imperial Romanov era. The top half of the pendant is worked in silver decorated with four shades of opaque and translucent enamels in a spiral design that brings to mind the spiral onion domes of Orthodox churches. The bottom of the pendant features a round carnelian cabochon that harmonizes with the colors of the enamel. Easter eggs were popular gifts in Imperial Russia and were the subject of jewelers at every level from Fabergé on down. Unmarked (the assay mark would have been on the bale, which is now missing).Origin: Russia, ca. 1890. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 13/16” long. Weight: 5.0 grams.
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Imperial Austrian Silver Triple Essex Crystal Dog Pin
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Pre 1900 item# 524791
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A wonderful Imperial Austrian silver brooch set with three reverse-carved Essex crystals by Georg Adam Scheid, the royal jeweler. The domed pin is finely engraved in a basket-weave motif and is pierced by three Essex crystals, each depicting a lap dog, perhaps a Pekingese. The dogs are well carved and colored, with tiny blue bows under their chins. The crystals never had a mother-of-pearl backing like those produced in England. Essex crystals were not widely used in Continental European jewelry. The back retains the original extended pinstem and c-clasp. The hinge is stamped with Imperial Austrian hallmarks for 800 silver and with Scheid’s hallmark.Origin: Austria, ca. 1880. Condition: all original, silver is excellent, some wear to the paint on the crystals.
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Imperial Russian Enameled Silver Chatelaine Necklace
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Pre 1900 item# 513909
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A lovely enameled silver necklace from Russia’s Imperial Romanov era. The chain, formed from intricately twisted silver wire, suspends a silver disk enameled in a traditional floral pattern. The decoration is worked in five shades of opaque and translucent enamels against a stippled background. The back of the disk has a chatelaine hook that was intended to suspend a perfume flask, a watch, or some other accessory. There is no maker’s mark, but the style is typical of pieces produced in Moscow.Origin: Russia, ca. 1880. Condition: excellent, no enamel damage, all original. Size: 17-1/2” long; disk, 1-1/4” diameter. Weight: 24.0 grams.
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Victorian Scottish Agate Silver Jerusalem Cross Brooch
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Pre 1900 item# 513907
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$450
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A very nice Victorian silver brooch set with agates. The brooch is shaped as a modified Jerusalem cross. The stones, including banded agate and bloodstone, have good color contrast and are surrounded with delicate engraved decoration. Silver and gold jewelry set with Scottish agate became very popular when Queen Victoria started the fashion for all things Scottish. The back retains the original c-clasp and extended pinstem.The Jerusalem cross, first appearing during the crusades, is made up of five interlocking crosses that represent the five European nations active in the crusades—Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. The crosses also reference the five principalities of the kingdom of Jerusalem and the five wounds inflicted during the crucifixion. Origin: Scotland or England, ca. 1860. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 1-17/32” x 1-5/16”. Weight: 5.25 grams.
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Imperial Russian Silver Icon Pendant
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Pre 1900 item# 481720
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A very fine Imperial Russian icon pendant depicting a Patriarch in a parcel-gilt silver oklad. The facial and hand features are beautifully painted on a thin wooden panel. The silver cover (“oklad”) is engraved to represent the holy man’s vestments. The head is surrounded by a halo in which appears an old Slavonic inscription. The halo and elements of the clothing are highlighted with gilding. The icon is backed in faded red silk velvet. The oklad is hallmarked with the “84” standard, maker’s marks (transliterated as “IB”) and a partially-rubbed shield-shaped city mark.Origin: Russia, ca. 1865. Condition: excellent, some wear to velvet backing and warping to the wooden panel not visible from the front. Size: 1-3/4” x 1-5/16” (not including jump ring).
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