All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1485468
A very pretty mid-century wedding band, pierced in an intricate pattern of chapel bells and flowers. The band has nice width and the detail is very crisp. The interior is stamped "14K."
  • Origin: America, ca 1950
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 11/32" wide
  • Finger Size: 7-1/2
  • Weight: 4.1 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1970 item #1484426
A nice Italian Etruscan style 18K gold lantern-shamed fob charm enhanced with coral cabochons. The midsection of the charm is left open to give it a feeling of lightness and to bring more life to the coral. The gold surfaces are enhanced with twisted wire and rosette decoration. The charm is stamped “750” for 18K.
  • Origin: Italy, ca. 1960
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 1” wide, 1-1/4” long (excluding jump ring)
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1482508
A large Etruscan style 18K gold fob charm an a crown form, set with emerald and round cut citrines. The gold surfaces are decorated with twisted wire and rosettes, and the lower portion has a Florentine finish with engraved details. Tested and guaranteed 18K.
  • Origin: Italy, ca, 1955
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 1-3/8” x 1-3/16” x 1-3/8” (excluding jump ring)
  • Approximate Total Citrine Weight: 37.4 carats
  • Weight: 22.6 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1482507
A fine Italian Etruscan style 18K gold fob charm set with amethysts and pearls. The charm is shaped as a crown. The gold surfaces are enhanced with twisted wire and rosette motifs. The oval amethysts have nice medium color intensity and the pearls have good luster. The charm bears the maker’s mark of Figli di Vittoria Franconeri di Lidia (Florence).
  • Origin: Italy, ca...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1481484
A large Etruscan style 18K gold fob/charm/pendant set with large dark blue topaz. We’ve never seen one of these charms set with deep blue gemstones before. The gold surfaces are covered in ornate bead and twisted wire decoration. The pendant opens in the middle to reveal a secret compartment. The bail is stamped for 18K gold and also has French import marks.
  • Origin: Italy, ca...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1481476
A lovely 18K yellow gold, diamond and ruby love pendant (“medaille d’amour”) with a rebus spelling out “Plus qu’hier, moins que demain,” (“More than yesterday, less than tomorrow”) a line from the love poem written by Rosemond Gérard to her husband Edmond Rostand (author of “Cyrano de Bergerac”) in 1889. In 1907, the Lyonnais jewelry Alphonse Augis created a love token based on the poem, and his designs became iconic...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1910 item #1480021
Our 14K articulated hinged snake bangle suggests the Greek rod of Asclepius with the serpent wrapped around a staff. The ends of the bracelet are capped with a ball finial which are further capped with a small gold ball. The bracelet tests 14K. There are no identifying marks. Interestingly the textured ball finials each have different scrolled raised pattern and a different gold color...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1469858
A large pair of 18K yellow gold Sputnik earrings by H Stern. The domes are bezel-set with round amethysts, citrines, aquamarines, peridots, green tourmalines, pink tourmalines and garnets. The Sputnik design was created in the 1950’s to highlight the range of colored gemstones available from Stern’s Brazilian mines. It later came to be called “Sputnik” for its resemblance to the spiky Soviet satellite launched in 1957...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1469826
A high-quality 18K gold Etruscan-style Italian charm/pendant set with turquoise cabochons and concealing a hidden compartment in the bottom. The exposed gold surfaces are decorated with twisted wirework and beading, and the top shoulder has an unusual “horn” decoration that we’ve never seen before. Etruscan charms with compartments are very rare...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1469825
An outstanding lantern-shaped Etruscan-style 18K gold charm/pendant featuring coral cabochons. The gold surfaces are worked with intricate beading and twisted wirework. The decorative gold work is among the best we’ve seen on this type of charm. The coral has pure orange-red color and nice polish. The jump ring is stamped “750” for 18K gold, and the charm is tested and guaranteed 18K.
  • Origin: Italy, ca...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1469824
An unusual 18K gold Etruscan-style Italian charm/pendant featuring four citrines on the sides, a large sugarloaf cabochon carnelian at the bottom, and an fluted chalcedony bead at the top. The gold surfaces have a brushed finish accented with twisted wirework appliques. The color combinations of the gemstones is particularly appealing...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1910 item #1465712 (stock #AS05-140)
Period Pieces
$40.00
Also an embarrassment, since two gemologists can't determine what the stone or the metal might be. However, this is a very beautiful Egyptian Revival piece which ought to be vintage (or even antique) The enigmatic yellow stone does not appear to be glass and the metal tests as 10 k gold, but by this time uncertainty rules! The pin is 2 5/8" overall, and the decorative head is 7/8", so it's large enough to make a statement on your lapel. We think it's circa 1900, but are not sure...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1980 item #1463929 (stock #22062201)
Featuring one oval shaped pink tourmaline cabochon measuring approximately 10 x 8 mm, bezel set and linked in a gold-filled mounting, forming a 7 inch bracelet.
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1463807
A very nice and unusually heavy 18K gold Venetian Etruscan fob/charm set with amethysts. The gold surfaces are heavily worked in twisted wire and beaded decoration. The smaller amethysts are set in flower-shaped collets...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1940 item #1455174 (stock #RP08132)
Period Pieces
$149.00
Here is a shield-shaped sorority pin (9/16 x 1/2”), with 16 tiny seed pearls set around the perimeter, and 3 colored stones. The 2 upper stones are emerald green, the bottom one is sapphire blue. They are too tiny for us 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 ...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1900 item #1427407
David Anthony
$450.00
A very finely cut cameo of a lovely young woman who most likely represents one of the goddesses of Greek or Roman mythology. The carver shows off his skills with the many fine lines and drapings which complement the curled and wavy hair of the lady. The styling suggests transition away from Victorian into Art Nouveau and thus we believe that it was made c. 1900. Additional support comes from the absence of a gold mark on the frame which was not uncommon prior to the passing of the Gold Act requi...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1940 item #1427397
A pretty vintage 14K yellow gold pin by Krementz featuring a spray of beautifully enameled bleeding hearts, each dangling a small seed pearl. The enameling on the blossoms has a matte effect that mimics the waxing texture of the flower in nature, while the leaves are in Krementz's more typical shaded translucent style. In Victorian flower language, bleeding hearts were used to represent "deepest love." Pins such as this with a delicate enameled flower against a geometric back represent are typic...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1414815
An outstanding 18K gold begging poodle pin, the shaved parts of the body represented by a carved carnelian and the head set with an emerald eye and a ruby tongue. The back is finished with a hinged double clip. The pin is stamped with French 18K hallmarks and an illegible maker's mark. It is also marked "18K."
  • Origin: France, ca 1950
  • Condition: excellent, all original
  • Dimensions: 2-1/8" x 1-1/8"
  • Weight: 21.6 grams
  • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: ruby, .09 ...