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Nino D'Antonio Germano 18K Gold Antiquity Cufflinks
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Pre 1970 item# 1031818
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A stunning pair of 18K yellow gold cufflinks by one of Italy's greatest 20th century jewelry artists, Nino D'Antonio Germano. Germano was born into an important family of Roman jewelers in 1926 and came of age during World War II. He was inspired by designs from antiquity, and his pieces often feature ancient Greek, Roman and Etruscan grotesques, masks and other elements. He was principally a sculptor, but made a very small amount of jewelry using the lost wax method of casting. This process is self-destructive and assures that every piece is nearly unique. Original pencil sketches of his jewelry designs are included in the artist's catalogue raisonne "Nino D'Antonio Germano Studio Catalogue Book" (transl, S. Brecker). The quality of the design and its execution is first-rate. The gold surfaces are acid washed to achieve the softly bloomed texture found in ancient jewels. The backs are signed "Germano" and are marked "750" for 18K gold.Origin: Italy, ca. 1960s. Condition: excellent. Size: 3/4" diameter. Weight: 11.8 grams.
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Victorian 14K Gold Sapphire Bippart Griscomb Cufflinks
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Pre 1910 item# 1020155
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$695
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A very handsome pair of double-faced late Victorian cufflinks by Newark jeweler Bippart, Griscomb & Osborn. The faces are worked in 14K yellow gold and are decorated with engine-turned engraving in several motifs. The front face on each cufflink is set with a high-domed cabochon blue sapphire. The back faces match the engraved decoration of the fronts. The connectors are hallmarked for Bippart, Griscomb and Osborn, one of the leading Newark jewelers at the turn of the century.Origin: America, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 9/16” diameter. Weight: 11.7 grams. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: 1.1 carats.
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18K Yellow Gold, Diamond & Rutilated Quartz Cufflinks
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Pre 1960 item# 1019985
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A very rare and attractive pair of vintage cufflinks, the faces formed as bezel-set round brilliant cut colorless quartz with rutile inclusions. Known as “rutilated quartz” or "sagenitic quartz", this special gemstone has very fine transparency but an abundance of coppery-gold needle-like inclusions of rutile. The effect is very attractive. The faces are joined by chains to baton backs, gypsy-set at each end with round brilliant cut diamonds. The backs are marked “750” and have the maker’s mark “MF”.Ca. 1950. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 3/4” diameter. Weight: 10.4 grams. Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .12 carat.
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Carrington Art Deco 14K Gold Sapphire Cufflinks
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Pre 1930 item# 1019580
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A beautiful pair of double-faced 14K yellow gold cufflinks set with blue sapphires by Carrington. Each rectangular face features a sugarloaf cabochon sapphire color-graded as very dark, strongly saturated, very slightly greenish blue. The surrounding gold faces are engraved at right angles to create a geometric motif that accents the squared outline of the sapphires. The faces are joined with chains. The backs are stamped with Carrington’s hallmark and are marked “14K”.Origin: America, ca. 1925. Condition: excellent. Size: 5/8” x 15/32”. Weight: 11.1 grams. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: 2.64 carats.
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Carrington 14K Diamond Sapphire Enamel Cufflinks
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Pre 1910 item# 1019578
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$1095
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An exceptional pair of Edwardian 14K yellow gold double-faced cufflinks by Carrington. Each of the cufflinks features one face centered with an old European cut diamond and on face with a round cut blue sapphire. The stones are surrounded by a band of opaque royal blue champlevé enamel enclosed within a laurel wreath border. This design is really one of the most elegantly sophisticated we’ve seen any of the classic Newark makers. The gemstones are of very good color and clarity. The backs are marked 14K and have Carrington’s hallmark.Origin: America, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, all original, no enamel damage. Size: 19/32” diameter. Weight: 9.3 grams. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: diamond, .18 carat; sapphire, .23 carat.
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Napoleon III 18K Yellow Gold, Ruby & Diamond Cufflinks
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Pre 1900 item# 1019069
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A very attractive pair of Napoleon III 18K yellow gold cufflinks, the canted square faces studded with round mixed-cut rubies and old mine cut diamonds. The rubies are in the finest color-range, with strongly saturated, very slightly purplish-red hue. The nature of the inclusions in the stones suggests they are Burmese in origin. The diamonds are of similarly fine quality. The gold surface has a very subtle texturizing treatment that suggests moiré silk. The connectors are marked with a variety of French 18K hallmarks, including that of the guarantee office in Nancy and the “tete de Mercure” mark used 1840-1879.Origin: France, ca. 1870. Condition: excellent. Size: 1/2” x 1/2”. Weight: 10.4 grams. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: ruby, .128 ct; diamond, .112 ct.
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