This lovely ring is made from 10kt (marked and tested) yellow gold, with a navette-shaped ruby flanked by two tiny accent diamonds. It also has a maker’s mark, which is either “QJ” or “OJ”. The 2 tiny accent diamonds are set in white metal – it’s not possible to tell what it is. It’s a size six, and very sweet indeed! Please read this description and look at the photos very carefully, as we are not responsible for buyer remorse...

Here is a sweet, simple stickpin with a design based on a Japanese family crest. It is marked “k20” on the back. The flower head measures ½ x 7/8”, and the whole pin is 2-1/2” long. It weighs 2.4g. The pin is a bit bent, not surprisingly given the high gold content (please see photos), otherwise in excellent condition. Circa 1900. Please read this description and look at the photos very carefully, as we are not responsible for buyer remorse...

Here is a pretty girl or young lady, nicely realized in 14k (marked and tested) yellow gold. She is shown in profile against a textured oval background. Her hair curls around at the base of the oval, and she has bangs in slight disarray. The stick pin measures ½” x 3/8”, with an overall length of 2-1/4”. 1.4 g. She could be cleaned up a bit – I leave that to the new owner to decide. Circa 1900 and in excellent condition...

This is an intricate design by Edmond-Henri Becker, well-known French medalist around 1900. The front of this piece shows Joan of Arc in profile, also a shield decorated with a sword, a crown, and 2 fleurs-de-lis. Above her head is a banner saying “1429” and “Jehanne d’Arc”. The back shows a banner with a saint (or possibly the Madonna and Child) with two people praying. Also pictured are mistletoe, and the pommel of a sword...

This sweet and delicate Victorian ring is made from unmarked rose gold which tests as a strong 10kt. It features 2 opals, 2 green garnet-and-glass doublets (doublets are very common in Victorian jewelry), and 8 tiny seed pearls. It is a bit over a size 5-1/2. The setting measures 1/4” N and S, and ½” E and W. The maker’s mark is a Maltese Cross. The opals have a couple small chips, and I have had the setting laser soldered where there was a break...

This beauty is made from unmarked but tested 18k yellow gold. The flower is enameled in black, and it has a tiny central old-cut diamond. There is chipping to the enamel, but it’s still quite lovely. The flower measures 1/2” x ¾” and the whole thing is 2-1/2” long. C 1900. Please read this description and look at the photos very carefully, as we are not responsible for buyer remorse. Thanks! Shipping, handling & insurance free within the USA.

Here is a lovely pair of white gold-fronted double cuff links – they could have been worn by the Great Gatsby himself! Each end is marked BELAIS 14k W.G. FRONT, and is a rectangle measuring 5/8 x ½”, with rigid connectors, hinged at one end. They weigh a total of 5g. Belais Brothers were amongst the first to develop a formula for white gold (patented in 1917). Many think they were the premier workers in white gold, and their work is highly collectible. In very good condition...

This handsome fellow is either a moose or an elk – I can’t tell the difference! His head measures 5/8 x 11/16". The gold tests at 14k. His red eye is too small to identify, so assume glass. There are marks, but I can’t read them. It weighs 1.4g or 0.05oz. and is in excellent condition. Circa 1900. Please read this description and look at the photos very carefully, as I am not responsible for buyer remorse. Thanks! Shipping, handling & insurance free within the USA.

This sweet, heavily engraved pin is from the estate of Helen Aman, who escaped from the Bolshevik Revolution to (eventually) settle in California. It was one of her childhood jewels. It consists of a bell (with a clapper – but it doesn’t actually chime) dangling from an angled bar...

This intriguing jewel has a saint (holding a key, and with a bird – a dove? - in the background) on one side, and a photo on the other. The person in the photo looks ecclesiastical. It contains a scrap of ribbon, a tiny base metal medal with Mary on one side, saying "Mary conceived without sin”, more Christian imagery on the other, and a wisp of cotton. Wouldn’t it be great to know the story behind all this! The silver (unmarked but tested) is very thin, so it’s fragile, and bent in a fe...

Here is a shield-shaped sorority pin (9/16 x ½”), set around the perimeter with 16 tiny seed pearls and 3 colored stones. The 2 upper stones are emerald green, the bottom one is sapphire blue. They are too tiny to identify with certainty. The shield is crossed by a band of white enamel bisecting a background of black enamel. On the band are the Greek letters Kappa Phi, and in gold on one side is a candle stick and on the other is a flower. On the back it is engraved with what looks like a st...

This very Victorian stick pin depicts a crescent moon, arrow, and star motif. It is set with several turquoises and one seed pearl. Unmarked, it tests as 14k gold. The head measures 7/8” at the widest point; the whole thing measures 2-7/8”. As you can see in the photos, the pin is somewhat bent toward the top, though when worn this would not be visible. Otherwise in excellent condition, weighs a substantial 2.6g, and circa 1900. Please read this description and look at the photos very carefu...