Some marriages are made in Heaven, and this is one. This brooch is a marriage of three Victorian pieces: the bar pin with six diamonds, the enamel bow, and the heart-shaped enamel slide. The bow and slide must once have been part of the same piece. The pin is 12 k gold, and the bow and slide 18 k. The bar pin is 1 3/4" long. It's absolutely stunning...AND it's on sale for Christmas!

This lovely Egyptian Revival watch pin is 14 k gold set with an oval opal. It dates from ~1880. The original catch has been replaced with a more modern safety catch. The pin is 1 1/2" wide by 5/8" high.

This lovely turn-of-the-century pendant is signed with the dragonfly mark for Mayle & Meyer, a firm about which little is known. They probably were located in Pforzheim and made beautiful Art Nouveau, Jugenstil, and Art Deco jewelry. This wonderful example is made of 935 silver [higher silver content than sterling], enamel, citrine, and marcasite. The pendant is centered with a 12 x 30 mm oval citrine surrounded by marcasites, with enameled bows on the sides and enameled ribbons top and bottom...

This charming little gold-filled pin has blue enamel with a white enameled fleur d'lis. It is Victorian in age and is 3/4" diameter

Many Arts & Crafts pieces are unsigned, or made by unknown makers. This is one of the latter, the product of a prolific but mysterious maker. The pin is sterling, set with a fresh water pearl. The marquise shaped pin has an acorn motif and is 1 7/8" long. It is signed with adorsed Cs.

This lovely little watch pin, is 14 k gold with a red enameled flower and green enameled leaves. Eight seed pearls define a scroll on each side of the flower. 3/4" by 1" Circa 1900

Featured here is a lovely sterling silver buckle made by Unger Bros in the early 20th century. It's a nice example of their turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau work. The one piece buckle is ornamented with a scroll and acanthus design. There are two prongs to hold the belt securely. The buckle is 4 1/4" x 2 1/2". It is marked sterling, 925 fine, and Unger Bros, and is in excellent condition.

This pendant with a winged cherub is delicately carved in mother-of-pearl and surrounded by rose-cut diamonds. The pendant is 14 k yellow gold, and the diamonds are set in 14 k white gold. Ten larger and 47 smaller rose-cut diamonds surround the cameo, and nine more diamonds are pave-set on the bail. This piece is really stunning...perfect for the lover of cherubs. 1 1/2" x 1" plus 3/8" bale. Marked [and tested] 14 k, and there is a maker's mark I can't identify.

Plique a jour, that unusual, difficult, and beautiful enameling technique that gives a stained glass effect dates from the 15th century. It was used by Cellini, and revived in the late 1800s in France. This plique a jour pendant is centered with an oval opal and accented with eight colorless brilliants and a fresh water pearl dropper. The translucent enamel is an unusual and lovely blue in color. The metal is 900 silver, suggesting that the piece is most likely German or Austrian in origin...

A lovely Edwardian filigree stickpin. It is made of 14 k white gold and is centered with an unidentified blue stone--not glass, not sapphire. The pin is 2 3/8" long, and the decorative head is 1/2". Circa 1915

This is a lovely late Victorian sword pin, suitable for wear on sweaters or loose-weave fabric. It's made of sterling silver and has sky blue enamel [with minor damage] around the hilt and point guard. The pin is a generous 4 1/8 x 1" in size. It is marked sterling,and has a maker's mark. Circa 1900.

This lovely example of English Arts & Crafts enamel is hallmarked and carries a maker's mark of SB. It is sterling silver with blue and green enamel. The enamel portion is 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" and the chain is 18" long. Hallmarks indicate that it was made in Chester in 1918-19. The dropper is probably not original to the piece.