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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1487923
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$1,850.00
A fine example of a French-Flemish croix papillon (butterfly cross) from the northern region of France around Calais. Jewelry scholars believe these were actually made in Belgium (a French region at the time) where they were known as “croix à la Jeannette” (Jeanette crosses). They were popular across the French regions of Picardie and Pas-de-Calais and into Normandie. This example retains all three of its original parts, each worked in gold and silver and set with table cut diamonds. Croix papillon in original condition are somewhat uncommon as they were often separated into multiple components to satisfy inheritance among multiple daughters. The filigree work is very finely done. The upper portion retains its original pair of slides, as these crosses were traditionally worn high from a wide ribbon tied around the neck. At some point, likely in the later 19th century, a pin stem and c-clasp were added for wear as a brooch. Today, the cross can be worn as a brooch or as a pendant suspended from a chain using the slides. There is a partial hallmark with the guarantee stamp “D” suggesting the cross was assayed at Liège.
  • Origin: France/Belgium, ca. 1790-1820
  • Condition: excellent, all parts intact
  • Dimensions: 1-15/16” x 3”
  • Weight: 13.2 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1900 item #1487922
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$2,695.00
A wonderful Victorian/Art Nouveau pendant and brooch in the form of a mythological griffin grasping a diamond in its jaws. The creature’s open-winged pose is somewhat unusual for this type of jewel, as they tend to be more curled up in a more circular position. The pose, however, makes for wear as a dramatic pendant hanging from the pendant loops on each wing. The back also has a removable fitting so it can also be worn as a brooch. And finally, there is a watch hook at the bottom that could suspend a watch or a dangling gemstone. The griffin is worked with in great detail and even the back is enhanced with engraved feathers and scales. The old mine cut diamond has good color and VS1 clarity. The pin stem is stamped with French 18K gold hallmarks.
  • Origin: France, ca. 1890
  • Dimensions: 2-3/4” x 1-3/8”
  • Condition: excellent, sharp detail
  • Weight: 18.1 grams
  • Approximate Diamond Weight: .33 carat
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1960 item #1487921
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$325.00
An elegant sterling silver rollover jigger in Tiffany & Co.’s classic modernist “Cordis” pattern. Designed by Oscar Riedener in 1958, Cordis’ stark contemporary lines were something of an aesthetic departure for Tiffany. Riedener was a leading designer for Tiffany, most famous for his 1966 design of the Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Trophy. The jigger is designed to rest across the rim of cocktail shaker or glass. Once filled, the jigger can simply be tipped sideways, allowing the liquid to drop into the vessel without spills. The handle is marked “Tiffany & Co. Sterling.”
  • Origin: America, ca. 1960
  • Condition: excellent, no dings
  • Dimensions: 6” x 2-3/8” x 1-3/4”
  • Weight: 61.7 grams.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1487919
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$325.00
A modernist sterling silver graduated jigger by Tiffany marked off in half-ounce increments. This design, created in 1939 at the height of Tiffany’s Art Deco period, remained popular through the ensuing mid-century years. The bottom is marked “Tiffany & Co. Sterling” and has the date mark for 1955-65. The jigger is accompanied by its original Tiffany felt bag (with typical wear)
  • Origin: America, 1955-65
  • Condition: excellent, no dings
  • Dimensions: 1-13/16” tall x 2-1/4” diameter
  • Weight: 42.1 grams
  • All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1487918
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    $360.00
    A vintage sterling silver figural jigger by Gorham, the sides marked off with enameled stoplights in green, yellow, and red, meant to signify “go,” “caution,” and “stop.” Each light corresponds to the 1, 2.5, and 3.5 ounce markings on the jigger’s bottom. The bottom is hallmarked by Gorham
    • Origin: America, ca. 1950
    • Condition: excellent, a couple of extra-small pinpoint dings on the bottom edge
    • Dimensions: 2-7/16”
    • Weight: 50.4 grams
    All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1900 item #1485765
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    $2,450.00
    A tour-de-force first standard (950/1000 pure silver) tastevin by silversmith Stanislas Pollet celebrating Napoleon’s great victory at the Battle of Wagram. The tastevin is inset with a Napoleonic silver medal surrounded by fleur-de-lis engraving. The outer edges are enhanced with ornate strapwork (a technique particularly mastered by Pollet) depicting fleur-de-lis and acanthus leaves. The entire design is set off with a pair of magnificently cast and engraved dolphins forming the handle.

    Napoleon, never particularly known as a shrinking violet, enjoyed commissioning medals from the Paris Mint to celebrate his victories and various life landmarks. The front of the medal (showing from the top of the tastevin) depicts the river god of the Danube being forced by the Emperor to carry a wooden pontoon bridge laden with French cannons over the river towards the Imperial Austrian capital, Vienna. The Latin inscription translates as, “Danubius, indignant at the breach/Battle of Essling/May 22, 1809.” The reverse (showing from the bottom of the tastevin) depicts the French army marching across the bridge at Wagram, urged on by the goddess of Victory carrying a laurel wreath and pointing the way. The inscription translates as, “Again crossing at the same place/July 5, 1809.” The Battle of Essling was the first defeat of the French army under Napoleon’s direct control, but that fact is obscured by combining it with the Battle of Wagram, just forty-four days later. This latter battle was one of the emperor’s greatest victories and was the largest battle in European history up to that time. The medal was created at the Paris Mint by the medalist Nicolas-Guy-Antoine-Brenet under the supervision of Baron Dominique Vivant Denon, who was Napoleon’s artistic director and to whom the emperor entrusted the Louvre after turning it into a museum. A single copy of the medal was struck in gold for Napoleon’s personal collection. Silver medals were given as gifts to the emperor’s friends and diplomats and bronze versions were available to those of lower rank.
    • Origin: France, 1899-1903
    • Condition: excellent, sharp detail
    • Dimensions: 3-1/2” x 4-5/8” x 1-1/4”
    • Weight: 201.4 grams
    All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1485764
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    $750.00
    A Burgundian first standard (950/1000 pure silver) tastevin by acclaimed silversmith Marc Parrod. The style of this particular example is a bit of a departure from Parrod’s typical style. The handle is worked in the form of a snake, thought to represent the the snake from the Garden of Evil as a reminder that wine may lead to earthly temptation. But the bowl Parrod experimented with the decoration to the bowl. The elongated “godrons”, intended to help assess the color and clarity of wine, are pushed all the way up the sides of the bowl in a style more typical of the 18th century. A series of “perles” are arranged in a circle at the base of the “godrons.” Between the “godrons” Parrod has added repoussé decoration of grape clusters. And most interestingly, rather than a smooth surface, Parrod created a hammered texture that further enhances the wine’s color. The rim is engraved “Vernier Morey 1740.” The meaning of the engraving is unclear, but both names are familial names long associated with very good Burdundy wines. Obviously, the date was intended to represent the founding of a vineyard, a dynastic marriage, or some other major local history event. The rim is slightly out-of-round, but this is in the making where the engraving and maker’s marks were applied—a quirk that is not uncommon in French silver. The handle and body are stamped with the French first standard mark and Parrod’s master’s mark.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1910
    • Condition: very good, a small flattened area on the bottom edge under the handle visible when turned upside down
      • Dimensions: 3” x 4” x 1-1/4”
      • Weight: 88.6 grams
    All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1485720
    Kensington House Antiques
    $395.00
    A vintage sterling silver vermouth dispenser in the form of a syringe by Gorham. These were called “Martini Spikes” when sold by Gorham in the 1960s. The functioning plunger allows vermouth to be drawn up into the syringe and then dispensed in precisely-calibrated medical dosages into your favorite cocktail. The syringe originally cost $10. The syringe is accompanied by an illustrated instruction card and the original fitted box.
    • Origin: America, 1967-70
    • Condition: excellent, no monograms or dings,two wear spots to the top outer surface of the box
    • Dimensions: 6-1/4” long
    All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1800 item #1485719
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    $750.00
    A rare French silver (950/1000 pure silver) tastevin from the reign of Louis XVI. This classic example features a classic design of angled “godrons” (grooves) accented with raised “perles” (pearls). The lack of deeply recessed “cupules” suggests that this wine taster was specifically intended for use with white wines. The center of the bottom has the expected tiny lathe mark where the vessel was raised from a solid block of silver. The handle is formed as a coiled snake in the traditional manner. The edge is engraved with the name of the original owner, Monsieur Robert. The tastevin bears the charge and discharge marks for Paris (1789) and an illegible master’s mark.
    • Origin: France, 1789
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 3-1/16” x 3-7/8”
    • Weight: 72.9 grams
    All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1485718
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    An elegant second standard (800/1000 pour silver) French tastevin. Rather than the typical "perles" and fluted "godrons," the bowl is decorated with repousse grape leaves, berries and shells in the 18th century style. This treatment is sometimes seen in tastevins made by Parrod, one of the most influential makers of tastevins in the 19th and 20th centuries. The single snake handle, thought to represent the snake from the Garden of Eden reminding drinkers of temptation, has an unusually well-detailed head. The tastevin is fully hallmarked and has an illegible maker's mark, possibly Parrod's.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1925
    • Condition: excellent, sharp detail
    • Dimensions: 3-1/4" x 4-1/4" x 15/15"
    • Weight: 55.9 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Designer Signed : Pre 1970 item #1485485
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    $3,950.00
    A wonderfully heavy vintage silver bracelet by Hermès. The bracelet has a triangular profile that stands well out from the surface of the wrist and a masterfully constructed so that it is flexible, but appears rigid when being worn. The inside edges of each link are parcel gilt, so the bracelet sometimes shows the slightest gold hue. This is probably the heaviest Hermès bracelet we have seen. The bracelet is presented in its original vintage fitted Hermès gray box. The bracelet is fully hallmarked with French first standard (950/1000 pure) silver marks and Hermès maker’s mark indicating it was made in the company’s own ateliers instead of being farmed out to other makers as was sometimes the case. The clasp is also signed “Hermès.”
    • Origin: France, ca. 1960
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 11/16” wide; 3/8” high; 8-1/4” long
    • Weight: 148.0 grams.
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1485484
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    $4,500.00
    A beautiful pair of 14K yellow gold double curb link bracelets. The links are enhanced with ornate repousse decoration but could be worn inside out when a smoother look is called for. The clasp of each bracelet is stamped with Viennese 14K gold marks used 1872-1902. The bracelets are priced as a pair, but are available separately.
    • Origin: Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1872-1902
    • Condition: excellent, no dings
    • Dimensions: 7-3/4” long; 1/2” wide
    • Weight: 47.3 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #1485482
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    $2,495.00
    A sophisticated 18K gold necklace, the baton links enhanced with black and white en plein enamel. The batons are separated by seed pearls that reappear as a band across the middle of the teardrop-shaped onyx pendant. The pendant hangs from the clasp, so the necklace can be worn alone or with the pendant. Both the clasp and the mounting of the pendant are stamped with French 18K hallmarks and an unidentified maker’s mark.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1910
    • Condition: very good, some enamel nicks on the baton links visible with a loupe, but none show the underlying gold
    • Dimensions: chain length, 20”; pendant length, 1-1/16”
    • Weight: 14.9 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Cufflinks and Accessories : Gold : Pre 1900 item #1485480
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    A heavy pair of 14K gold cufflinks, the faces decorated with a sort of shield-shaped device against a stippled background. The influence of the Art Nouveau aesthetic can be seen in the assymetrical design of the shields. The semi-matte finish of the stippling contrasts nicely with the more polished shield. The backs marked "14K" and have Kirby's hallmark.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1890
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 11/16" x 1/2"
    • Weight: 9.8 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre Victorian : Pre 1837 VR item #1485478
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    $1,195.00
    An elegant Georgian 18K gold fob seal worked in a floral pattern and set at the base with an amethyst tablet engraved with an armorial crest. The floral design continues up the shoulders to the loop by which the fob would have been hung from a watch chain. Tested and guaranteed 18K gold.
    • Origin: England, ca. 1815
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 3/4" x 11/16" x 1-3/16"
    • Weight: 13.2 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1485474
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    $1,095.00
    An early Victorian 14K yellow gold locket enhanced with a pretty design of painted enamel roses and taille d'epargne tracery. The exposed gold surfaces are further decorated with engraving. The back cover has a style of engine-turned engraving usually found only in the late Georgian or very early Victorian periods. The interior retains both of the original glass covers and gold frames.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1840
    • Condition: excellent; no enamel damage; a pinpoint ding to the back cover
    • Dimensions: 1-1/16" x 1-1/2" (excluding jump ring)
    • Weight: 8.2 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1485471
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    $1,795.00
    A fine Victorian 14K gold and platinum locket ornately decorated in the Etruscan style with a lily pond scene. The scene includes rose gold cattails, green gold lily pads, and platinum lily blossoms. The remainder of the locket is enanced with ropetwists, wire work, and appliques. The locket opens at the back to reveal a photo compartment. The locket is completed iwth its original matching bail.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1860
    • Condition: excellent; a few minor pinpoints on the back cover
    • Dimensions: 1-3/8" x 2-3/16" (including bail)
    • Weight: 14.6 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #1485470
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    $1,395.00
    An elegant 14K yellow gold gold bracelet constructed with modified gatelinks, each enhanced with engraved details. The five center links are set with round sapphires. The sapphires have intense coloring and excellent clarity. The interior is stamped "14K" and also has Crane & Theurer's maker's mark.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1910
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 3/8" wide; 7-1/4" long
    • Weight: 11.6 grams
    • Approximate Total Sapphire Weight: .60 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1950 item #1485469
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    $750.00
    A very pretty pierced wedding band depicting rose gold Tudor roses alternating with yellow gold clusters of cherries. Each rose is centered with a synthetic ruby. Rubies from the Retro period are almost always synthetics because the mining of natural rubies was not possible during World War II. The design is very crisp. Tested and guaranteed 14K.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1940
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 9/32" wide
    • Finger Size: 6-1/2
    • Weight: 4.6 grams
    • Approximate Total Ruby Weight: .28 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1485468
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    $650.00
    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 1960 item #1485467
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    A pretty 10K yellow and rose gold half-hoop wedding band, the front decorated with finely engraved roses. The flower petals are worked in rose gold for added contrast and the entire design is recessed to prevent wear to the carving. The interior of the shank is marked "10K" and also has an unidentified maker's mark.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1950
    • Condition:excellent
    • Dimensions: 7/32" wide tapering to 1/8" at the back
    • Finger Size: 7-1/4
    • Weight: 2.9 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1910 item #1485466
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    $1,250.00
    A classic pave pearl puffed heart pendant centered with an old European cut diamond. The diamond is H color, SI1 clarity. The back is stamped "14K."
    • Origin: America, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 7/8" x 7/8" (excluding bail)
    • Weight: 5.7 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1485465
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    $225.00
    A nice extra-wide Victorian silver cuff bracelet engraved in an ornate Persian-inspired design. The bracelet is hinged, and the back side is unengraved. The width of the bracelet lends a very imposing look. Tested and guaranteed sterling silver.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1875
    • Condition: excellent, only two pinpoint dings on the back side
    • Dimensions: 6-1/4” circumference, 1-7/16” wide
    • Weight: 31.9 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1910 item #1485435
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    $2,595.00
    A heavy 14K gold curb link watch chain, finished with a movable t-bar, a dog clip, and a spring ring. The chain would be perfect to match up with one or more other heavy watch chains to create a unique layered look with multiple charms. Marked 14K.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 12-3/4" long
    • Weight: 37.9 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Designer Signed : Pre 1960 item #1485434
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    A very rare pair of 18K yellow gold Sputnik earrings by H Sern. The spheres are bezel-set with round amethysts, citrines, aquamarines, green tourmalines, pink tourmalines, and peridots. The spheres are suspended from a bar of three larger gemstones. The Sputnik design was created in the 1950s 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. Each piece has a unique appearance depending on the specific colors of the stones and their arrangement. Most Sputnik earrings are clips. This is only the second pair of Sputnik drop earrings we have seen in twenty years. The earrings originally had lever backs which is where the Stern mark would have been. At some point, this pair was changed to a post and clutch system. Tested and guaranteed 18K gold and to be made by Stern.
    • Origin: Brazil, ca. 1955
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 1-5/8” long; 5/8” diameter
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: 2.72 carats
    • Weight: 6.9 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Edwardian : Pre 1940 item #1484427
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    $225.00
    An excellent late Victorian silver baton link watch chain, the batons decorated with niello in a striped pattern echoed in the striped niello of the dog clip and large bolt clasp. The silver batons are joined by shorter gilt silver double baton links. The chain is stamped “800” and with the Swiss silver hallmark used prior to 1934.
    • Origin: Switzerland, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent, all niello intact except wear to the niello on the dog clip
    • Length: 17-1/8”
    • Weight: 10.8 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1970 item #1484426
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    $1,495.00
    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 : Cufflinks and Accessories : Gold : Pre 1910 item #1484425
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    $695.00
    A pair of classic Art Nouveau 14K gold bean-back cufflinks, the faces with repousse decoration depicting a long-haired maiden. The long hair and star-set old European cut diamonds discreetly hide any of her naughty bits. The connectors are stamped “14K.”
    • Origin: America, ca 1900
    • Condition: excellent, sharp detail
    • Dimensions: faces, 3/4" x 9/16”
    • Weight: 4.4 grams
    • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .06 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Cufflinks and Accessories : Gold : Pre 1920 item #1484424
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    A handsome, classic pair of Edwardian cufflinks by Larter. Worked in 14K yellow gold, the double-sided cufflinks feature faces of carved mother of pearl centered with cabochon sapphires. The mother of pearl shows nice play of color with rose and green overtones that nicely accent the blue sapphires. The connectors are stamped with Larter’s 14K hallmark.
    • Origin: America, ca 1915
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: faces, 17/32” diameter
    • Weight: 5.7 grams
    • Approximate Total Sapphire Weight: 1.32 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1900 item #1484423
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    $295.00
    A fine Art Nouveau medallist stickpin depicting Demter (“Ceres”), goddess of the harvest and the seasons, in 14K gold by Louis Rault. She is shown in profile with several of her attributes including a tiara of wheat and a scythe. Louis Armand Rault was a leading designer for Boucheron 1868-75 and this is one of his signature designs. His designs were sometimes licensed to other jewelers, hence this American 14K version. The stickpin is finished in a soft bloomed texture. The pinstem is stamped iwth Carter, Gough's 14K mark. The stickpin could easily be converted to a ring or pendant.
    • Origin: America, ca 1880
    • Condition: excellent, sharp detail
    • Dimensions: head, 9/16” diameter, length, 2-1/2”
    • Weight: 2.0 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1940 item #1484422
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    $2,995.00
    A superb Retro 14K gold ring in the form of a buckle set with round brilliant cut diamonds and calibre cut natural rubies. The design is enhanced with a prong-set .65 carat diamond solitaire. The diamond is G/H color and VVS2 clarity. The smaller diamonds are of similar quality. All the diamonds are set in platinum. The rubies have fine color and excellent color. The interior of the shank is stamped “14K.”
    • Origin: America, ca 1940
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: crown, 3/4" x 17/16” and sits 1/4” high above the finger
    • Finger Size: 6-1/2
    • Weight: 9.7 grams
    • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: diamond, 1.05 carats; ruby, .66 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1910 item #1484420
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    $2,725.00
    A lovely 14K gold Edwardian long chain set at regular intervals with oval amethysts in collet settings. The chain can be worn at its full 52-1/2” length, our doubled and worn at 26-1/4”. The amethysts have excellent color and brilliance. Tested and guaranteed 14K.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 52-1/2” long
    • Weight: 14.1 grams
    • Approximate Total Amethyst Weight: 13.9 carats
    All Items : Vintage Arts : Furnishings : Accessories : Pre 1940 item #1483677
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    $235.00
    A French Art Deco cocktail pick set in the form of a large chrome snail on a mahogany base. The design is by the famed French Art Deco children’s books illustrator Benjamin Rabier, who had a side job designing entertaining barware. The twelve picks have red bakelite finials that resemble cherries. Cocktail pick holders (“porte-piques”) were once a fixture of every Parisian bar and café. Today, they are used in home bars to spear olives, cherries or onions in a cocktail, or so serve small hors d’eouvres.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1930
    • Condition: excellent, no chrome loss, a tiny bit of scuffing on the wood finish
    • Dimensions: 4-7/8” x 2-1/2” x 4-1/2”
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1483676
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    $575.00
    A wonderful early Victorian portrait locket worked in gilt silver and set with hundreds of Bohemian garnets, including a 10.2-carat rose cut oval at the center. The garnets are set with space between them to lighten the overall effect and better show the bright red coloring of the stones. The locket is suspended from a garnet-encrusted clover shaped bail. The back cover is entirely glass The gilding is intact.
    • Origin: probably English, ca. 1845
    • Condition: excellent, no missing stones
    • Dimensions: locket, 1-1/4” x 1-3/8”; overall length, 2-1/8”
    • Weight: 14.4 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1910 item #1483675
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    $2,725.00
    A lovely 14K gold Edwardian long chain set at regular intervals with round brilliant cut amethysts in collet settings. The necklace is completed with a dog clip clasp. The chain can be worn at is full 52-1/2” length, our doubled and worn at 26-1/4”. The amethysts have excellent color and brilliance. Tested and guaranteed 14K.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 52-1/2” long
    • Weight: 16.4 grams
    • Approximate Total Amethyst Weight: 5.6 carats
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1483673
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    $1,250.00
    A pretty Victorian 14K gold locket, the cover featuring a lion rampant with a shield. The edges of the locket are worked in an ornate rococo design that is mirrored on the large suspension ring. The interior retains the original glass cover and frame insert. The back is engraved with a period “WWW” monogram. Tested and guaranteed 14K.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1890
    • Condition: excellent; sharp detail
    • Dimensions: locket diameter 1”; overall length, 2”
    • Weight: 10.7 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1483672
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    $895.00
    A classic Art Nouveau brooch / pendant decorated with lush pale blue, medium blue, cream, and yellow matte enamels. The flower is centered with a round diamond. The pin is unmarked but is certainly by one of the Newark jewelers. The back retains the original pinstem and clasp. A bail could easily be added for wear as a pendant. Tested and guaranteed 14K.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent, no enamel damage
    • Dimensions: 7/8” x 7/8”
    • Weight: 4.3 grams
    • Approximate Diamond Weight: .02 carat.
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1483671
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    $595.00
    A fun piece of sporting jewelry depicting a crossed pair of croquet mallets and a coral ball inside the wicket. The banded agate stone is black with a single white line and has never been engraved. Croquet became fashionable among the English elite in 1856 when when the first book of croquet rules was published and the All England Croquet Club was formed at Wimbledon. The fob is stamped “10 ct.”
    • Origin: England, ca. 1860
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 3/4” x 9/16” x 1-1/4 (excluding jump rings)
    • Weight: 5.0 grams.
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1900 item #1483670
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,725.00
    An elegant Art Nouveau 18K gold, platinum and diamond pendant and brooch depicting a young woman with flowing flower-bedecked hair. She represents the Spring season, “Printemps.” Each of the flowers is centered a rose cut diamond and the maiden wears a necklace of rose cut diamonds, as well. The gold surface is bloomed for a slightly matte finish. The pendant/brooch is faintly heart-shaped and is finished along the edges with 54 rose cut diamonds set in platinum. The pinstem unscrews from the back, so the jewel can be worn as a pendant from the two pendant loops at the top corners. This design was commissioned in 1886 from the medallist Emile Séraphin Vernier by the esteemed house Fonsèque et Olive which was one of Paris’ most successful Art Nouveau jewelers.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1890
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 1-1/16 x 1-1/8”
    • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .75 carat
    • Weight: 8.9 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Cufflinks and Accessories : Gold : Pre 1910 item #1483669
    Kensington House Antiques
    $695.00
    A handsome pair of 14K gold bean-back cufflinks, the oval faces decorated with dogs, their tails straight and one paw lifted “pointing” in classic hunting pose. The gold surfaces have slightly matte finish. The backs are stamped with Carrington’s 14K mark.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent, sharp detail, no dings
    • Dimensions: faces, 13/16” x 9/16”
    • Weight: 7.1 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1910 item #1483668
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    $1,495.00
    A classic Art Nouveau brooch / pendant decorated with lush purple, cream, maroon, and yellow matte enamels. The flower is centered with a round brilliant cut diamond. Though this example is unmarked, it is likely by A. J. Hedges. Hedges’ enameled flowers stood out from the competition because they were generally heavier and displayed more sculptural detail. The diamond is graded H/SI2. The back retains the original pinstem, clasp, and folding pendant bail. The bail is stamped “14K.”
    • Origin: America, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent, no enamel damage
    • Dimensions: 1-3/16” x 1-3/16”
    • Weight: 11.6 grams
    • Approximate Diamond Weight: .16 carat.
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1482511
    Kensington House Antiques
    $4,500.00
    A wonderful, finely detailed 18K gold pendant / brooch featuring a cat surrounded by an ivy-covered wood wreath. The cat has bright emerald eyes and wears a platinum collar with an old European cut diamond at the front. The pendant is finely engraved to represent the cat’s fur and the wood and foliage textures of the frame. Even the back is engraved in a wood texture. Cat jewelry is extremely difficult to find—this example is one of the two best we have had in the last 20 years. Stamped “15 Ct.”
    • Origin: England, ca. 1870
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 1-1/4” diameter
    • Weight: 18.8 grams
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: emerald, .02 carat; diamond, .05 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Cufflinks and Accessories : Gold : Pre 1940 item #1482510
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    $1,895.00
    A handsome pair of 18K yellow gold cufflinks by Tiffany & Co. set with square cut sapphires. The cufflinks are fashioned in a sort of modified belt buckle motif. The sapphires have very good uniform color and show no indication of heat treatment. The backs are stamped Tiffany & Co. and also have the manufacturing jeweler’s mark for Larter.
    • Origin: America, ca. 1940
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 9/16” x 11/16”
    • Weight: 13.2 grams
    • Approximate Total Sapphire Weight: 1.0 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Cufflinks and Accessories : Gold : Pre 1970 item #1482509
    Kensington House Antiques
    $595.00
    A handsome pair of 9K yellow gold toggle-back cufflinks, the faces depicting fox heads encircled by horseshoes. The foxes have citrine eyes. All elements are very nicely detailed. The backs are stamped with 9K gold hallmarks, the maker’s mark for Cropp & Farr, and the date mark for 1966.
    • Origin: England, 1966
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: faces, 5/8” x 9/16”
    • Weight: 9.6 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1482508
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,995.00
    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
    Kensington House Antiques
    $1,450.00
    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. 1955
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 1” x 13/16” x 1-1/4” (excluding jump ring)
    • Approximate Total Amethyst Weight: 7.99 carats
    • Weight: 12.8 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1910 item #1482506
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    $2,950.00
    An elegant Art Nouveau bracelet, the fancy links comprising ornately twisted knots and set alternately with old mine cut diamonds and round cut sapphires. The diamonds are set in platinum collets while the sapphires are in yellow gold. The diamonds are H color, I1 and I2 clarity; the sapphires are vivid blue. The clasp is stamped with a maker’s serial number indicating a quality house, and the clasp tongue is stamped with French 18K gold marks.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent, normal wear to tops surfaces of gemstones (not visible without 10x magnification)
    • Dimensions: length, 6-1/2”; width, 1/2"
    • Weight: 23.4 grams
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: diamond, .68 carat; sapphire, .84 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #1482505
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    $2,450.00
    An elegant Edwardian bracelet comprising rectangular filigree plaques of 14K gold centering collet-set oval amethysts. The filigree is amazingly detailed. The amethysts have rich, saturated color and no zoning. The tongue of the clasp is stamped “14K.”
    • Origin: America, ca. 1910
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 7-5/16” long, 1/2" wide
    • Weight: 22.3 grams
    • Approximate Total Amethyst Weight: 16.02 carats
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Edwardian : Pre 1910 item #1482504
    Kensington House Antiques
    $400.00
    A delightful late Victorian or Edwardian pendant in the form of a poodle jumping through a hoop. The wonderfully detailed poodle is cast in sterling silver and the hoop is 14K gold. The dog is fully three-dimensional, and the eyes are set with small pyrope garnets. The pendant is marked “14K Sterling.”
    • Origin: America, ca. 1910
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 1-9/16” x 3/8” x 1-1/4”
    • Weight: 11.2 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Victorian : Pre 1920 item #1482503
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    An excellent late Victorian silver baton link watch chain, the batons decorated with niello in a checkboard pattern. The batons are joined by gilt silver curb links. Even the dog clip and bolt clasps are enhanced with striped niello. The chain is stamped “800.”
    • Origin: Switzerland, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent, all niello intact
    • Length: 16-1/2”
    • Weight: 10.4 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Deco : Pre 1930 item #1482020
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    An exceptional pair of Art Deco platinum, emerald, diamond and onyx cufflinks by Cartier. Each face is made from a melon-carved emerald bead dating to India's Mughal Empire (17th/18th centuries), topped with a round onyx disk centered with an old European cut diamond. The emeralds, variously weighing approximately 5.94, 5.49, 4.53 and 4.20 carats, totalling just over 20 carats. The emeralds have a strong green color with natural inclusions characteristic of the Chivor mines in Colombia. The diamonds are graded as F color, VVS clarity. The faces are joined with removable dog clip connectors. The fixed mountings are marked with the workshop master's mark used in the 1920s and French platinum marks and are signed “Cartier.” The cufflinks are presented in their original fitted, silk- and velvet-lined, fitted leather case.

    Jacques Cartier was one of the first European jewelers to travel to India and to acquire antique emerald, ruby and sapphire beads from the maharajahs. These stones were re-set in Cartier's Paris workrooms. One of the most important commissions using carved Mughal beads was a brooch for Marjorie Merriweather Post. That brooch features emeralds carved in the same shape as those in these cufflinks.

    • Origin: France, ca. 1920
    • Condition: excellent, all original
    • Dimensions: faces, approximately 7/16" diameter
    • Condition: excellent; emeralds have surface wear consistent with 300-400 years of use as jewelry
    • Weight: 8.4 grams
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: diamond, .24 carat; emerald, 20.16 carats

    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1910 item #1482019
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    A lovely 18K gold bracelet in the Louis XVI style, the links fashioned as floral and foliate wreaths alternately centered with old European cut diamonds and round cut rubies. The pierced design lends a light appearance despite the bracelet’s substantial weight. The clasp is stamped with French 18K gold marks.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent, all original
    • Dimensions: 7/16” wide; 7-1/2” long
    • Weight: 29.1 grams
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: diamond, .24 carat; ruby, .44 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1482018
    Kensington House Antiques
    $3,500.00
    A very fine 19th century 18K gold watch chain enhanced comprising a quadruple foxtail chain enhanced with two slides, a fob, and a watch key. The slides and the fob are finished with repousse decoration and cushion cut rubies. The fob also has an unengraved bloodstone plaque on the bottom. When the two slides are drawn close together they cause the chain to plait itself. The watch hook has a secure locking mechanism. This chain is particularly ornate and would have been intended for wear as a “gilletière” high on the vest so it could be readily visible to others. The rubies have vivid color are show no indications of heat treatment. The watch chain would look particularly nice styled with other heavy neck chains or perhaps even worn as a bracelet. The chain is stamped with early 19th century hallmarks.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1840
    • Condition: excellent, all original
    • Dimensions: 13-3/4”
    • Weight: 40.4 grams
    • Approximate Total Ruby Weight: 2.0 carats
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #1482017
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    $1,250.00
    A pair of silver egg-shaped earrings decorated with ornate floral guilloche engraving below translucent golden enamel. The enamel gives the appearance that the eggs are constructed entirely of gold. The ridge around the center of each egg was left unenameled for color contrast. The upper half of each egg is set with an old European cut diamond. The 14K gold wires are possibly original, but more likely replacements. The bail of each egg is stamped with illegible hallmarks. Purchased in Paris.
    • Origin: Russia, ca. 1910
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 1/2” wide; 3/4" long (excluding wires)
    • Weight: 7.8 grams
    • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .06 carat
    All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1900 item #1482016
    Kensington House Antiques
    $695.00
    A very good 19th century French silver tastevin (wine taster). This example is the in Burgundian style with repousse and engraved grape and leaf decoration around the bowl, rather than the more typical “perles” and fluted “godrons.” The handle, however, is in the classic style of two snakes grasping an apple symbolizing the Garden of Eden and the temptations of wine.The handle and the side of bowl are stamped with French 1st standard silver marks (950/1000 pure silver) and an unidentified maker’s mark.
    • Origin: France, probably Burgundy, ca 1890
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 3-5/16” x 4-1/2” x 1-1/8”
    • Weight: 125.0 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Deco : Pre 1930 item #1482015
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    A delicate early Art Deco gold chain worked in 14K white gold filigree. Each of the baton-shaped links is centered with a short length of ropetwist to create the filigree appearance. Marked “14K.”
    • Origin: America, ca. 1925
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 25-5/8” long
    • Weight: 3.6 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1482014
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    Open the ornately engraved box to reveal a miniature record play complete with an album that turn and a moveable needle arm. The controls are represented by small turquoise and coral cabochons. The music box plays “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” a song recorded by everyone from Patti Page to Bing Crosby to Ethel Merman, to Micky and Minnie Mouse. The case is stamped “14K.”
    • Origin: America, ca 1955
    • Condition: excellent, music box in working condition
    • Dimensions: 1” x 27/32” x 1/2"
    • Weight: 22.1 grams
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Arts and Crafts : Pre 1900 item #1482010
    Kensington House Antiques
    $435.00
    A elegant brooch worked in 18K yellow gold filigree centering a round brilliant-cut amethyst surrounded by natural seed pearls. The amethyst’s collet is enhanced with millegraining, as is the remainder of the filigree work. The edge is finished with a border of wirework rosettes. The quality of workmanship is superb. Filigree of this delicacy is usually only seen in platinum. The amethyst is moderately pale with a slightly pinkish tint. The back of the pin is marked “18Kt”, and there is an indistinct mark on the original c-clasp. The brooch could easily be converted for wear as a pendant.
    • Origin: England, ca. 1900
    • Condition: excellent, all original
    • Dimensions: 1-1/8” x 1-1/8” on the diagonal; 7/8" x 7/8" on the square
    • Weight: 4.7 grams
    • Approximate Amethyst Weight: .68 carat.
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1940 item #1481754
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    $12,500.00
    One of the nicest Retro buckle bracelets we’ve seen, this 18K gold and platinum example comprises a strap of honeycomb-shaped links set off with a large buckle pave-set with rose cut and single cut diamonds in platinum. The buckle’s tongue, frame and loop are set with calibre cut synthetic rubies. This bracelet has a particularly sculptural appearance. Rubies from the Retro period are nearly always synthetics because the usual shipping lanes from the gem mines of southeast Asia were cut off because of World War II. The bracelet bears French marks for 18K and platinum.
    • Circa 1940
    • Condition: excellent, all original
    • Dimensions 7” circumference; strap, 1” wide; buckle, 1-1/2” wide
    • Weight: 90.7 grams
    • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: ruby, 4.5 carats; diamond, 1.0 carat
    All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1481753
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    A handsome griffin with back-stretched wings, a lion’s head and a curling serpent’s tail grasps an old mine cut diamond in this 19th century French brooch and necklace slide. Interestingly, the creature’s tongue is licking the diamond. The eye is set with a small faceted ruby. The back retains the original pin stem and a hinged clasp so the griffin can be attached to a chain. The hinged clasp is marked “Déposé” meaning the griffin was a patented design. Tested and guaranteed 18K gold. A bail could easily be added for wear as a pendant.
    • Origin: France, ca. 1880
    • Condition: excellent
    • Dimensions: 1-1/2” x 3/4”
    • Approximate Diamond Weight: .12 carat
    • Weight: 4.7 grams