A superb pair of Victorian 12K gold articulated earrings set with Whitby jet. The long triangular elements are suspended from inverted double teardrop-shaped surmounts, and support cone-shaped jet drops. The cutting of the jet has a very angular, almost modernist appearance. The earrings hang from new 14K shepherd's hooks and have wonderful movement...

Uno A Erre modernist sterling silver Bracelet

Designer - P. Orlandini

Italy

1960's - 70's

Interior circumference - 6 7/8"

Interior dimensions - 2 1/4" x 2 5/16"

Silver sphere - 1/2" in diameter

Weight - 35.55 grams

Hallmarked - see photo

Very good vintage condition

A classic pair of 18K yellow gold stirrups in the “stirrup” style popularized by Cartier. The surfaces are decorated with engraved parallel lines. This type of decoration, combined with the unusually angular shape, gives this pair of cufflinks a very modernist feel. The cufflinks are fully stamped with French 18K gold hallmarks.

Origin: France, ca. 1970. Condition: excellent. Size: 3/4" deep; 1/4" wide. Weight: 8.3 gr.

A classic vintage Mikimoto brooch featuring pearls set in 14K yellow gold. The swirled design includes ten pearls of superb quality, estimated at AA quality. The surfaces are smooth, the luster is bright and the body color is cream with rose overtones. The pearls range in size from 5.5 to 7.7 millimeters. The gold “leaves” are pierced to provide a sense of lightness despite the pin’s relatively generous size...

A nice Art Nouveau 14K yellow gold signet ring that appears never to have been engraved. The shoulders are enhanced with scrolling foliage leading up to the oval face. It’s very unusual to find a signet ring that was never engraved. Tested and guaranteed 14K.

• Origin: America, ca. 1900
• Condition: excellent, very light wear to decorative elements at the shoulders
• Dimensions: face, 5/8” x 1/2"
• Finger Size: 8-1/2
• Weight: 9.3 grams

A nice pair of 14K white gold modernist cufflinks, the Florentined surfaces star-set with round blue sapphires. The sapphires are accented with bright-cut engraving to add a little more sparkle to the matte finish of the gold. Marked 14K.

Origin: America, ca. 1955. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 11/16” x 1-7/16”. Weight: 13.7 grams. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: .22 carat.

A fine Victorian locket in 10K yellow gold, the front face featuring an enameled bouquet of white lilies against a striking turquoise enameled background. In Victorian flower symbology, the white lily represented sweetness or purity. The surrounding areas of gold are ornately engraved in a swirly design that is repeated on the back cover around a shield-shaped reserve. The interior retains the original frame and glass cover...

Sterling silver brutalist ring

This solid and totally unique statement ring weighs a hefty 34+ grams

Size - 5

Marked silver

Very good vintage condition

Paul von Ringelheim, Austrian/American artisan

1933 - 2003

This sterling and lucite ring is part of the Directional series of jewelry crafted by von Ringelheim in the late 1960's.

Size 5

Weight - 6.90 grams

Arrow element measures just under 2 1/4" long

Unmarked

Very good vintage condition

Art nouveau 14K gold and enamel circle pin in the form of stylized orchid blossoms enameled in iridescent lavender and cream. This pin is a nice example of how Art Nouveau sensibilities took a standard Victorian design=--the circle pin--and gave it a new aesthetic appeal. The clasp is marked "14K."

• Origin: America, ca 1900
• Condition: excellent; no enamel damage; all original
• Dimensions: 15/16" diameter
• Weight: 3.5 grams

A handsome pair of 14K yellow gold cufflinks in a brushed finish with prong-set sapphires. The design of a cut-out triangle superimposed over a solid triangle creates a layered effect that lends a nice feeling of depth to the cufflinks. The toggle backs are marked "14K".

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Fit for a museum, this rare and wonderful Egyptian Revival pin has a portrait painted on porcelain. It is mounted in 800 silver and surrounded by 16 coral beads on wire. There have been some repairs [not visible from the front] as is so common in jewelry repaired in the 19th century. 1 1/4" diameter. Circa 1875.

Tamiko Kawata Ferguson -Japan/USA

Sterling silver necklace

Late 20th century

Should fit a 17" neck

Each link measures 1" at its widest point tapering down to 1/4"

Weight - 53+ grams

Marked Tamiko, sterling

Excellent vintage condition with only very light surface scratches

Uni David Andersen impressive sterling and agate necklace

Designer - Liv Solnor Rogan

Norway

1970

Large ovoid stone with a luminous deep carnelian - like color set in a beautifully handcrafted sterling frame measuring 3" x 3" total

Chain - 20"

Marked on reverse Uni, DA, 925s, INV L.S.R., handmade

Excellent condition

A lovely Art Nouveau 14K yellow gold medallion pin depicting Hamlet’s beloved Ophelia (the brooch uses the French spelling “Ophelie”) surrounded by cattails, willow branches and waterlilies, all symbols of her watery grave after she was spurned by Hamlet. Her hair is studded with small old mine cut diamonds. The back has a hook that would have been used to suspend a watch. The back retains the original c-clasp (marked 14K) and extended pinstem...

DESCRIPTION: A beautifully crafted Navajo sterling and natural coral cuff bracelet . This bracelet features thirteen natural, dark red coral stones mounted on a 1 1/8" wide silver cuff between a scrolling border of stamp work, twisted wire, and silver beads. This cuff looks beautiful on the wrist; the inside is stamped "STERLING." See the last photo showing this bracelet with other pieces from our Native American jewelry collection...

Frances Holmes Boothby modernist sterling silver necklace with blue glass stone

Pendant - 2 1/2" x 2"

Chain - 17" long outstretched

Signed fhb sterling

Very good vintage condition

Idella La Vista modernist sterling silver cuff bracelet

1950

1 7/8" tall at tallest point tapering down to 1"

Interior circumference - 5 1/2" plus a 1 1/2" gap in rear

Weight - 44 grams

Marked La Vista, sterling

Very good vintage condition

Description: Hargo Creations was incorporated in 1955 in New York.

They were a short lived firm that produced high quality and highly collectible jewelry. The most collectible pieces are the Chinaman pieces and the figure pieces.

The bracelet consists of four pagoda-inspired panels. The first panel features an applied conical hat that the Asian man might be wearing. The Second panel is a faux ivory face of the Smiling / Laughing Asian man...

A 3 millimeter wide diamond eternity band is set in 14Kt yellow gold. The twenty seven full cut diamonds with the approximate total weight of 0.85 Ct are set in a “fish tail” style setting. The ring is a size 6 ½ and it can NOT be sized.

A handsome and colorful pair of reverse-carved Essex crystal cufflinks set in 14K yellow gold. The faces feature color fly fishing lures in shades of red white and black against mother-of-pearl backgrounds. The front faces are attached by bar connectors to simple gold backs that are original to the cufflinks. The backs have never been monogrammed. The connectors are marked "14K."

Origin: America, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent; no chipping or damage to the crystals...

A handsome pair of mid-century modern 14K gold and malachite cufflinks reminiscent of an Aztec design. The arch cabochons of malachite have very nice color n markings. The gold surfaces are stippled for added textural interest. The toggle backs are stamped "14k."

• Origin: America, ca. 1970.
• Dimensions: faces, 1 1/8" x 23/32"
• Weight: 18.0 grams.
• Condition: excellent

American Modernist Jewelry Bird Pin

Francis Holmes Boothby

c.1950s

Very good condition

2" x 1 1/2"

Art deco Chinese design 14k cufflinks, c.1940's. They measure 3/4" in diameter and are of good weight(12 grams). Signed "14k w/maker's mark" they are in excellent condition......$30 for insured USA shipping & applicable NY tax.

An Edwardian 15k amethyst & pearls lavaliere from the 1905 era. A great example of fine Edwardian gold jewellery. It measures 20-3/4" and it is in 15k yellow gold. The stones include nice bezel set faceted natural amethysts and seed pearls, all mounted in an ornate 2-7/8 x 2" central drop. The drop is stamped 15Ct, and the replaced chain tests as 10k...

A handsome pair of 14K yellow gold cufflinks, the heavy oval faces gypsy-set with variously cut fancy colored sapphires. One cufflink features a medium-tone blue sapphire in a radiant cut, flanked by two round brilliant cut sapphires—one a pale greyish-blue and the other an orangy-yellow. The other cufflink has a pale blue oval sapphire flanked by a pair of vivid blue round sapphires. The faces are connected to toggle backs. The cufflinks are stamped "14K" and also have an unidentified mak...

Beautiful 14K yellow gold and cultured pearl brooch by Mikimoto. The swirling gold frame is punctuated with very high quality pearls post-set pearls and can be worn either horizontally or vertically. The pearls have superb lustre and Mikimoto's classic ivory color with rose overtones. The sizes range from 5 to 7mm. The back is stamped with Mikimoto's hallmark.

Origin: Japan, ca. 1980. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 1-15/16" x 1-3/8". Weight: 10.0 grams.

K.E. Palmberg for Alton modernist sterling silver and malachite necklace

Sweden

1975

14 1/2" neck

Opens in front

Center element - 2 1/4", stone - 1 1/4"

Weight - 60+ grams

Hallmarked - see picture

Excellent vintage condition

Hans Hansen modernist sterling silver bracelet

Denmark

Mid 20th century

Very unique geometric links with a three dimensional quality

7 1/4" long

3//4" wide

Weight - 65 grams

Marked on verso - Hans Hansen in script,Denmark,925s

Very good condition

Paul Lobel modernist sterling silver seahorse earrings

1950

1" long

Screw back

Marked Lobel sterling

Very good unpolished vintage condition

Here is a lovely antique ring in unmarked but tested 18kt rose gold. The center stone is a ruby cut in an old style, but in really excellent condition. (It’s possible that it’s a replacement stone.) It is surrounded by 8 rose cut and more randomly-cut diamonds which are definitely original, and which might be foiled, but in any case are in a closed-back setting. Typically for the period, a couple of them are chipped or have feathers (inclusions). The ring is a size 8-1/4, and could be sized...

Francs Holmes Boothby modernist sterling silver horse brooch

1950

3 1/2" long x 1 1/2" at widest point

Marked on verso

Very good vintage condition

Rare kinetic showstopper designed by Bent Gabrielsen while he worked for iconic Danish silversmith Hans Hansen. In textured sterling silver with a dangling disc that has a gold wash. The disc has a pitted texture which contrasts beautifully against the vertical pattern of the body of the pendant. This is a large, bold piece, measuring 3.25". Excellent condition. "Signed "Hans Hansen, 925s Denmark."

A strand of genuine cultured pearls circa 1960s with a marked 14K yellow gold clasp and 14k ball spacers. This vintage 38-3/4" necklace has 128 cultured pearls ranging from 7 to 5.5 mm in size. the gold beads consist of one 6.5 mm, two at 4.5 mm and two at 4 mm. The pearls between the gold balls have two smaller pearls flanking three of the 7 mm. pearls, while the pearls leading to the clasp are strung with a length of 5.5 mm pearls leading to a length of 7 mm. pearls. It's a well thought o...

A superb Victorian shell cameo depicting Jesus wearing the crown of thorns set in a simple 18K gold frame. The cameo is beautifully carved with extraordinary detailing to the hair. The shell's shape is deeply cupped and adds wonderful depth to the design. Cameos depicting Jesus are extremely rare Tested and guaranteed 18K.

• America, circa 1860.
• Excellent condition; no cracks to shell
• 1-23/32" x 1-3/8"
• 11.2 grams

An interesting pair of 18K yellow gold baton style cufflinks, the faces set with oval blue sapphires. The sapphires are bezel-set for a clean, classic look. The sapphires have a strong, dark blue color and do not show signs of heat treatment. The toggle backs are stamped with French 18K gold marks.

Ca. 1950. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: faces, 15/16” x 1/4". Weight: 9.7 gr. Approximate Total Sapphire Weight: 4.56 cts.

Everett MacDonald modernist sterling silver brooch

Mid 20th century

California

3 3/8" x 2 1/4"

Weight - 11+ grams

Marked MacDonald sterling

Excellent vintage condition

John Lewis modernist sterling silver layered cuff bracelet

Boston

1 1/8" tall

Interior circumference of 5 1/4" plus a rear opening measuring 1 1/4"

Exceptional hand crafted quality

Very good vintage condition

A modernist sterling silver brooch by noted mid century jeweler, Sam Kramer, in the shape of a stylized fish or bird with an amethyst eye. Measures 2" square. Has a faceted pear shaped amethyst stone cabochon on an additional layer of sterling. Marked with Sam Kramer's mushroom mark and sterling. Rollover safety clasp holds securely. Has some minor surface scratches and a little tarnish. There is a very minor ding to one corner. There are some scratches on the back near the clasp. One sid...

This is an 18K Dragonfly Brooch from a Maryland Estate. Set with 4 Pieces of Persian Turquoise & pave diamonds....... Clearly marked: 750 & 18K Pictures tell the Rest

Vintage native American cuff bracelet

Beautiful inlay of coral, turquoise, nacre, and black onyx set in silver depicting an antelope kachina.

Silver drops adorn the face with wings of nacre and onyx framing the central element.

The front measures 2 1/8" tall

The interior circumference is 5 1/4" with a rear gap of 1 1/2" for a total of - 6 3/4"

This well-crafted and hefty bracelet weighs a solid 62 grams.

Unsigned

Excellent vintage conditi...

A classic Art Deco 18K white gold Russian braid chain necklace with opal cabochons and faceted onyx beads sandwiched together into egg-shaped stations along the length. The opals have nice play-of-color with a preponderance of blues and greens. Most station chain necklaces are quite long, but the shorter length of this example makes for a very wearable, delicate look. The clasp is stamped with French 18K marks.

• Origin: France, ca. 1925
• Condition: very good, two opals have small fl...

A vintage pair of mid century modernist clip earrings in sterling silver and ironwood by the noted Navajo silversmith, Kenneth Begay who was part of the White Hogan. Four sided with curved edges and ironwood inlay.

They each measure 1 3/8" long and 1" at the widest.

Marked with the impressed KB, White Hogan and Sterling on the back of each earring. Also marked Sterling on the clips.

They are in fine condition with some minor surface scratches and a little tarnish. Clips hold...

Russell Secrest modernist hefty sterling silver bangle bracelet

Interior circumference 7 3/8" around

1/2" tall

Marked sterling Secrest

Very good vintage condition

An elegant vintage 14K yellow gold and pearl brooch by Mikimoto. The stylized feather design is typical of Mikimoto’s vintage pieces and is particularly suitable for daytime wear. The pearls, ranging in size to 5.5 to 7.2 millimeters, have ivory body color with rose overtones and superb luster. The quality is estimated at A+1. The back of the pin is marked “K14” and bears the Mikimoto oyster shell hallmark.

Origin: Japan, ca. 1970. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 2-1/4�...

Idella La Vista modernist sterling silver link bracelet

1950

6 13/16" long x 2" wide

Weight - 71 grams

Marked LaVista, sterling on verso

Very good vintage condition with minor surface scratches

Impressive vintage sterling silver and amethyst glass bracelet

Mexico

Mid to late 20th century

This substantial and solid bracelet weighs a hefty 174 grams

Interior circumference - 6 7/8"

Stands 1 1/4" tall

Push/pull clasp and safety chain

Hallmarked, Hecho en Mexico, sterling, artist cypher and initials - AAC

Excellent vintage condition

Jorma Laine modernist silver necklace

830 silver

Finland

1972

Pendant measures 3 7/8" long x 1 1/2" wide

Necklace should fit a 15 1/2" neck

Weight - 66 grams

Marked on back of pendant

Very good vintage condition, minor scattered surface scratches

These are wonderful ca 1840 gold and enamel earrings. They are approximately 1" in length from the top of the hook to the bottom of the ball. They are 1/2"+ wide. Without the hook they are 11/16" long.

A handsome pair of double-sided cufflinks featuring oval carnelian cabochons simply set in 14K yellow gold mountings. The carnelians have exceptionally rich color and translucency, creating a particularly striking look. Each cufflink is stamped "585" for 14K and also with an unidentified European maker's mark "FA".

• Origin: Continental Europe, ca. 1940.
• Dimensions: faces, 1/2" x 11/16".
• Weight: 9.5 grams.
• Condition: excellent.

Bill Schiffer sterling silver lariat necklace with earrings

1980's

Necklace measures 32" long extended

Earrings - 2" long

Weight - a hefty 102 grams

Marked Schiffer, ss in script

Excellent vintage condition

Hans Hansen modernist sterling silver and amethyst quartz bracelet

Denmark

Mid 20th century

Interior circumference 7 1/4"

5/8" tall at highest point

Amethyst sphere - 5/8" diameter

Weight - 45 grams

Markings - Hans Hansen etched in script, 925s, Denmark, 253

Very good vintage condition

Ed Levin modernist sterling silver brooch with inlay

c. 1950

1 5/8" x 2 1/4"

Unique form, rarely seen

Excellent vintage condition

Sam Kramer modernist sterling silver and moonstone ring

1950

Size 6 1/4

Weight - 16 grams

Stamped with both artist's cypher and sterling

Very good vintage condition with age appropriate surface scratches

This link bracelet is very special because the silver gilt forms the shape of pansies. C. 1920 THEODORE FAHRNER, 7 1/2"L x 1/2"H, $ 790. Condition: excellent

A man's 10k & 14k diamond solitaire ring circa 1960s This vintage size 11-1/2 ring features a 21 point diamond (VS1, F-G) and it weighs 7.7 grams. The yellow gold body has stylish reeded flanks and the setting around the diamond is of 14k white gold. It is stamped RMT INGOT 10-14K with a maker's mark, and used to have an independent gemological appraisal in the amount of $1650 CAD, but this is no longer present. This item is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosi...

A cigar smokers must have is this 14Kt yellow gold cigar cutter from the 1920’s. According to the makers mark it was patented in 1902. The width is 15/16” the length is 2 1/8” closed, and 2 5/8” in the open position.

A vintage 14Kt white gold and diamond eternity band prong set with 18 brilliant-cut diamonds. The approximate total weight of all the diamonds is 0.75Ct. The size 6 band is 2.7 millimeter wide and it can NOT be sized.

This Los Castillo Design 108 Vintage Mexican Silver Necklace is an ideal holiday treasure for a loved one. Dimensions entail: 15 total inches of length, a 5.5 inside diameter, and a total weight of 52 grams.

Pedro Castillo was known for quality in his work and beautiful design. He has an impressive resume working for William Spratling in the 30's and also a Maestro for Hector Aguilar beginning in 1939. He opened his own taller sometime in the 40's. This parure is properly hallmarked as shown and numbered 115 on the tongue of the necklace and bracelet and the back of the earrings. Each link is heavy silver repousse and weighs a total of 120 grams. The necklace is almost 16in. long and 1in. tall with ...