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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Ethnic : Far Eastern : Pre 1940 item #334934 (stock #T 1042 A)
Reply below. This vintage Japanese damascene - nunome zogan metalwork fan necklace is expertly rendered in what is often described as in the style of Komai. The clasp is marked K24 for the highly decorative 24K gold metalwork of multi figural butterfly, bird, moon, boat, flower, etc in gold silver inlay motifs. Acquired from an Amita jewelry collector. This is so well executed that it is very likely an unsigned Amita necklace.
Bracelet is SOLD.
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All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Ornaments : Pre 2000 item #426454 (stock #T 1351 )
As seen in Neiman Marcus, Horchow, Saks holiday catalogs these ornaments script signed: "Lalique R France" as follows: Available A)Green (cool shade) berry holly motif marked NOEL 1990 @ lower edge;
B) Teal same motif is dated 1989;
FREE Lalique Box when taking both!
C) SOLD Green (warm pine shade) was 1992.
Each is 2 5/8" across and 1/4" thick. Wear them as pendants.

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Arts and Crafts : Pre 1940 item #281769 (stock #T 734)
Vintage late Arts Crafts era, circa 1935 hand made sterling silver bracelet from a New Hampshire household reminding one of Foss or even Peruzzi?
Six foliate disc links with applied petals, engraved or chased leaves, etc. There are buds and calla lilly like flowers applied
See image 3 and 4 to see the metal work and the old Art Deco era spring ring clasp marked 'Sterling'.
Measure 7" interior X 3/4" wide. Great 3 D and in very nice, rich silver vintage pre owned condition. Weighs...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Deco : Pre 1930 item #280484 (stock #T 731)
Vintage Art Deco impossible to find Leach & Miller of Attleboro MA with the L&M mark, let alone in this gorgeous Bermuda ocean color and in all original condition! They made high quality sterling with the look of fine jewelry and ceased to exist in the early 30's.
The hard to find items with the famous mark of L & M and two leaves; see image 4.
80 gorgeous Bermuda teal blue aqua faceted channel set paste - glass - crystal stones set in ornately decorated double open rectangular link...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Lacquer : Pre 1920 item #976096 (stock #T 1703)
Three piece lot/net: Lush foliate old red vintage antique Chinese cinnabar lacquer:
Box showing two figures sitting under trees, 4" X 2 1/2" X 1 1/2"
Dress clip marked: Made in China at 1 3/4" X 1 1/2"
Button - big circa 1918 antique Chinese carved red floral 1 1/2"
... making this a very nice 3pc lot from a New England household. All three pieces display shiny smooth high relief carved areas and the recessed areas are linty and dusty from age.

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Native American : Pre 1950 item #457108 (stock #T 1393)
Vintage Signed Sterling Silver 5 dome pin brooch with "C" catch marked: MAISEL'S STERLING for the Albuquerque New Mexico maker of Native American jewelry of years past. It is 2 3/8" X 1/2" @ widest, this being the smallest dome at 10mm while the mid one is 13mm. Slightest hint of a very shallow dimple that even the camera won't pick up and the "C" catch is a bit askew yet very secure.
Similar seen recently on Jane Russell in an old black and white western movie.

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Deco : Pre 1940 item #959900 (stock #1695)
Vintage 4 strand angel skin coral bracelet with 2 spacers and decorative open work push in decorative box clasp / safety catch

Stamped: 900 for Mediterranean silver content.
Weighs: 31 grams.
7 end to end. With the 3 bead open work engraved decorative box clasp engaged, yields
~ 6.5 interior X 7/8" wide.
4 glorious rows of gorgeous angel skin blush color beads.
Coralbeds are being protected and these sought after semiprecious beads are getting more difficult to colle...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #338094 (stock #T 1064)
Unknown initials mark. Floral bow reminds one of Matilde Poulat 'unmatched' old blue, green turquoise, stamped 22 assay shared by Fred Davis, Bernice Goodspeed, Antonio Pineda et. al., it is no doubt in good Taxco Silversmiths' company!
9 florals have multi blue & green color 4 mm turquoise centers.
3 1/8" X 1 7/8" and in untouched unpolished condition, yet will lightly hand cloth polish FREE when requested. More marks.

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #162485 (stock #T 324)
A vintage Taxco pin pendant with maker's mark of "FLC" inside a circle: "Taxco Mexico Sterling 925" and assay # 3. Could this be by a Castillo family member? Multi color gem fish, micro inlay around a very modernist fish pendant pin combination.
2" X 1.5" Very wearable pre owned vintage condition and needs a good polishing. Please view closeups for more info.

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #290870 (stock #T 771)
Vintage Mexican mid century 35 grams necklace with striated melon color Jasper ball orb pendant on an elongated hand fabricated chain signed:
a stylized MS or SW in a circle with Assay #17 which is associated with Los Ballesteros and Antonio Pineda although looks like another Serafin Moctezuma mark?
The handsome peach color Jasper reminds one of the type of stone favored by Fred Davis
Just under 1" across and 1.75" from top of bail down.
The interesting hand made long box chain ...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #171260 (stock #T 398)
Vintage sterling sturdy hefty 36 grams cuff bracelet marked Mexico, initials starting with S"them perhaps an MP. Assay 3 was shared by many well known and well collected Taxco silver makers. See image 2.
Three nice golden Tiger Eye cabs one is 14mm long the other 2 are 10mm long.
Mid century styling.
Nice Heft at 1.2 oz or 36 on Postal Scale. Gauge is 1.5mm thick. A lot of bracelet for so little money.
Inside is 6 3/4" which includes the 1" opening. 2 1/2" across. Needs...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #303480 (stock #T 813)
Vintage C 1950 Mid Century fish screwback dangle earring pair marked: HECHO EN MEXICO then TC conjoined, superimposed and Eagle Mark 1 for one of the Castillo Silversmiths?
2" X .5" and 10 Grams weight. I
n very nice pre owned condition with decades of patina and applied oxidation to the shadow box recessed areas.

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All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Pre 1940 item #1144204 (stock #T 1735)
Pre Assay piano hinge silver pill or stamp box stamped and marked: Silver Made in Mexico. Applied ethnographic feather like design and a bezel set 7mm amethyst cab. 21 grams and could be higher than sterling. 1 1/8" X 1 3/4". While it has a nice vintage outer patina, the inside is very "white", as if when rec'd it was put away for decades and the inside never saw the light of day. Please collect with confidence after reviewing the dozens of Trocadero verified testimonials, then vi...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #339515 (stock #T 1079)
Look at that face! The ethnographic faces on this Silver Bracelet marked: MEXICO STERLING EME and assay 83, a listed silversmith, could be of the god Totec of Aztec fame? A very pre Columbian Aztec idol motif. Reminding one of a book piece....
18 Grams
3/4" wide x just over 6 1/2" Inside with the push V box clasp Engaged. Can be lengthened by your jeweler.
Very nice preowned vintage condition, possibly light polished by previous owner?

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #751770 (stock #T 1611)
Vintage Circa 1945 early pre assay Mexican Pre Columbian design puffy cheek bird man mask Maya or Aztec ethnographic motif repousse pin with a bird or serpent on its headdress.
Mark: Made in Mexico Sterling - with old style safety clasp hinge.
A most talented silversmith took a sheet of sterling and hammered it onto a pitch bowl to create such repousse detail. Because it is holloware one looks for the air escape openings which in this case are found at one ear.
Wt: approx 1 Oz...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Jewelry : American : Pre 1960 item #606210 (stock #T 1560)
Hibiscus 31 gram sterling silver pin earrings set. Ming's Honolulu's famed jewelry maker.
Signed MING'S STERLING
2 3/8" X 1 7/8" brooch.
Just "sterling" on the SB 1" earrings' turnwheels, although there may be other faint marks on the backs of petals.
1.1 OZ or 31 grams for both
Good heft and in very good wearable preowned vintage condition..

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Scandinavian : Pre 1950 item #473249 (stock #T 1440)
Sterling silver Danish conversation piece of a figural man pin brooch stamped with maker's mark of: A. Dragsted under a crown, then 'Denmark Sterling' for a family of silversmiths to Denmark's Royal Courts. Brushed surface measuring 1 7/8" north to south and in excellent vintage condition with safety catch.

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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Modernism : Pre 1960 item #269207 (stock #T 681)
Early sterling silver SB earrings attached to a card that reads: Original Jewelry by Frances H. Boothby, then Art Shop Munson - Williams - Proctor Institute, then Utica, New York without a zip code making this pre 1960's.
The original box also has the Art Shop info sticker. The mark of "fhb" could be under the screw back findings which are marked Sterling and are identical to others on FHB earrings.
Many Early pieces are often not signed and these have decades of patina which can be p...