All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1400282
A gorgeous enameled clover, worked in several shades of green is featured in this ring converted from a Victorian earring. The enamel has a soft velvety appearance and is accented at the center with a small pearl. The clover is set on a sturdy 14K gold split shank...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1359798
An elegant Victorian 10K yellow gold locket depicting a curving branch of poppies with a small star-set old mine cut diamond to one side. The reverse has a period monogram. Tested and guaranteed 10K gold.

Origin: America, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 1" diameter (excluding bail). Weight: 4.2 gr.

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1072821
A beautiful 18K yellow gold locket in the Art Nouveau taste, the front cover depicting a water nymph, her streaming hair entwined with seaweed studded with small rose-cut diamonds. Her ear is adorned with an earring in the form of a coral branch. Her head appears just above delicately rippling waves that high the word “Eau” for water. This design was part of a four-part series designed by Bargas representing the four elements of earth, air, fire and water...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1201974
A delightful Art Nouveau 18K yellow gold slide locket, the cover ornately decorated with a rooster crowing at a rose cut diamond sun. The scene is completed with farm implements in the foreground and a view of wheat field in the distance. The rooster is, of course, a national symbol of France. Though most slide lockets were made in France, this example does not have French hallmarks. Tested and guaranteed 18K.

Ca. 1900. Condition: excellent; sharp detail...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1371790
A very rare 14K gold and diamond Art Nouveau medallion watch pin featuring a portrait of Sacagawea. She is shown in profile, wearing a feathered headdress and a bear claw necklace, gazing out over plains dotted with teepees. An old mine cut diamond (G, VVS2) glimmers in place of the sun on the far opposite side. This piece was likely made at the time of the centennial anniversary of the Lewis & Clark Expedition in 1905. The back retains the original watch hook and pinstem...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1910 item #1123700
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Lovely antique necklace of carved graduated coral beads in reds and oranges, with a tiny 14KT gold slide clasp. Circa 1900. The coral is undyed Mediterranean. The clasp tests positive for 14KT gold. It has been professionally restrung for security, on a very fine flexible gold finished wire. 24 inches wearable length and just under 1/4 inch wide at the center. The largest bead is 5 mm wide. Excellent condition. The clasp has a tiny indentation, pictured but not noticeable when worn...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1093570
A delightful Victorian 10K yellow gold figural ring in the form of a genie. The genie's hands are folded across his chest and grasp a old European cut yellow sapphire. The use of a fancy color sapphire in a piece such as this is quite original. The stone is graded as very light, very slightly grayish Yellow-Green (YG 2/3). The ring's shank is in the form of sinuous snake whose head peers over the genie's shoulder and gazes at the glimmering sapphire...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1372454
A stunning Art Nouveau 14K yellow gold locket, the cover with repousse decoration illustrating the Byzantine Empress Theodora. Though we’ve never seen this particular design before, Byzantine motifs were widely used in Art Nouveau jewels, especially in France where they were copied from costumes created for the actress Sarah Bernhardt and posters by Alphonse Mucha. The Empress is sumptuously dressed in a flowing robe with a wide jeweled collar, bracelets and earrings...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1412579
A gorgeous enameled pansy, worked in several shades of bluish-purple is featured in this pendant converted from a Victorian pin. The enamel has a soft velvety appearance and is accented at the center with a pearl. The conversion was accomplished with the addition of a hidden bail the back of the flower...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1393391
A lovely Art Nouveau brooch depicting a lady surrounded by birds in 14K yellow gold and diamonds...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1409929
A wonderful Art Nouveau 14K gold ring in the form of two intertwined snakes surrounding an opal cabochon. The ornately coiled snakes are beautifully detailed. The opal has attractive play-of-color, with a preponderance of green and blue with sparks of red and orange. Tested and guaranteed 14K.

In the 19th century, snakes in jewelry symbolized eternal love. Jeweled snakes became particularly popular after Prince Albert gave Queen Victoria a snake ring for their betrothal, and remained popu...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1400286
This fabulous snarling tiger is glowing with lifelike translucent enamels in multiple shades of gold, orange, brown and black. The nostrils and tongue are accented with deep red enamel. Each eye is set with an old European cut diamond and the fangs grasp a third diamond. The stones are good quality, graded at I color, SI1 clarity. The pendant is deeply three-dimensional with superb detailing. The back is also stamped with Alling & Co.’s mark. Alling was manufacturer for leading retailers such ...
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #726491 (stock #mla30774)
18K yellow gold Victorian long watch chain, 63 inches long. Beautiful french links alternating with smaller intricately carved diamond-shaped links. Excellent condition! Weight is 36 g
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1910 item #595418 (stock #mla20206)
Beautifully carved Victorian era cameo ring in 18 ct yellow gold. Top of ring measures approx 20 mm wide by 23 mm long. Currently a size 7, can be resized by a competent jeweler. Excellent condition, rare to find a cameo carved in coral in such fine condition! LAYAWAY AVAILABLE!
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1033459 (stock #vj201056)
18K yellow gold French link muff chain, 61 inches long, original and uncut. 53 elongated links all handcarved. Weight is 31.1 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1910 item #717179 (stock #mla30739)
Victorian 15K yellow gold etruscan bar pin with small diamond in center, beautiful and intricate bead work, hallmarked on back, excellent condition. Width: 1 3/4 inch Height: approximately 1/2 inch Weight: 3.8 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1300012
A very handsome 10K yellow gold man’s ring, the setting featuring an Art Nouveau take on Gothic arches. A bezel set oval brilliant-cut amethyst crowns the ring. Stones set in this style of ring can often appear too dark, but this amethyst has a pleasant moderate color that reads violet even from a distance. The interior of the shank is stamped with the maker’s mark for Larter and 10K.

Origin: America, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, sharp detail. Dimensions: 5/8” wide at crown, tape...

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1039543 (stock #vj201064)
Art Nouveau 18K yellow gold wide chain bracelet with ruby clasp, circa 1900. Very rare piece. This bracelet is made of 9 rows of 18K gold chains divided in to 5 sections by 4 gold bars. Each chain has 2 ornate links with a beautiful art nouveau motif per section, but each successive row is made a bit wider than the one above it by additional tiny round links in the center of each section (see photo). This makes the bracelet longer at the bottom (9 3/8 inches) than at the top (7 inches). When wor...