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The back of the piece has a pinstem that can be unscrewed and removed for wear as a pendant with the folding bail. The shape of the bail suggests that there was probably an optional comb fitting so that the piece could be worn as a hair ornament. The very finest quality and most expensive jewels of the era sometimes had various fittings so the owner could get as much use from a piece as possible.
The caduceus is the herald's wand carried by the Greek messenger god Hermes (and his Roman counterpart Mercury). It is sometimes topped with spread wings echoing the god's winged sandals. In contemporary usage it is the symbol of the medical profession. This linkage likely stems from the myth of the god Apollo sending Hermes to deliver his half-mortal son Aesculapius from the body of his dead mortal mother as her body was consumed by the fire of her funeral pyre. Aesculapius went on to become a healer and founded the cult of which Hippocrates, the founder of western medicine, was a follower.
Origin: France, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 2-3/8" x 2-3/8". Weight: 12.7 grams. Approximate Total Diamond Weight: 2.90 cts.
$3950.00
Origin: France, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 1-11/16” x 1-9/16”. Weight: 10.8 grams. Approximate Total Diamond Weight: 2.15 carats.
$3,850.00
Origin: America, ca. 1915. Dimensions: 1-3/8” diameter (excluding bail). Weight: 13.7 gr. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: amethyst, 32.75 cts; diamond, 1.25 cts.
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Origin: America, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 1/2" diameter. Weight: 5.9 grams. Approximate Total Sapphire Weight: .21 cts.
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Origin: America, ca. 1915. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 21/32” x 7/16”. Weight: 4.0 gr.
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The necklace is accompanied by a gemological report from the Laboratoire Français de Gemmologie indicating that the pearls are natural saltwater.
Origin: France, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent, replaced clasp as noted. Dimensions: 17-5/8" long. Weight: 10.7 grams.
- Origin: America, ca 1915
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: faces, 17/32” diameter
- Weight: 5.7 grams
- Approximate Total Sapphire Weight: 1.32 carat
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Origin: America, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 1/2" diameter. Weight: 5.9 grams. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: .45 carat.
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Origin: England, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent. Length: 22-5/8" long. Weight: 17.7 grams.
$295.00
Origin: America, ca 1910. Condition: excellent, no dings, chips or cracks. Size: 8" tall.
$595.00
- Origin: France, ca. 1910
- Condition: excellent, a couple of tiny pinpoints on the back cover
- Dimensions: 3/4" x 15/16” excluding jump ring; chain, 18” long
- Weight: 2.1 grams (without chain)
$1,850.00
Origin: France, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent, no chips or cracks, light surface wear to the enamel on the back face. Dimensions: 7/8" x 1-1/4". Weight: 11.4 gr. Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .15 ct.
$295.00
Origin: England, 1913-14. Condition: near mint, no dings or deep scratches, no monograms. Size: 7-1/2” long. Weight: 101.0 grams.
$595.00
- Origin: Sheffield, England, 1910
- Condition: excellent; interior of case is excellent; case exterior is mostly good, but with bookbinding tape at the hinge side
- Dimensions: spoons, 4-5/16” long; tong 4-1/2” long
- Weight: 206.4 grams.
$650.00
- Origin: America, ca. 1910
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: faces, 9/16” diameter
- Weight: 11.1 grams
$575.00
- Origin: America, ca. 1910
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 1/2" x 3/4"
- Weight: 7.7 grams
$1,095.00
- Origin: Continental Europe, ca 1900
- Condition: excellent, normal age-appropriate wear visible at 10X magnification, no enamel loss
- Dimensions: 7/8 x 9/16” (15 x 21 mm)
- Weight: 8.0 grams
- Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .12 carat
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Origin: America, ca. 1920. Condition: excellent, sharp detail. Size: 5/8” x 7/16”. Weight: 7.3 grams.
$22,500.00
Each of the double loops of the bow appears to be set with two amethysts, but there is in fact only one amethyst on each side. The gemstones are precision-cut to fit perfectly into the platinum setting and give the appearance of being four stones. The amethysts are graded as medium, moderately strong Purple (P5/4) in color, with eye-clean clarity. This is the color and intensity sometimes termed "Siberian".
The 104 old mine cut and rose cut diamonds along the platinum borders total approximately 2.94 carats range from VS2 to SI2 clarity and H-J color.
The platinum setting is beautifully crafted, with a pierced gallery and engraved details around the collet setting of the center stone.
The brooch is hallmarked with the extremely rare master goldsmith's mark used by Cartier for only a three-year period, 1919-1922.
Origin: Paris, France, 1919-1922. Condition: very good, there is a small chip on the inside edge of each amethyst near the junction with the center diamond, visible upon very close inspection in strong raking light (one visible only from the reverse). Size: 3" x 27/32". Weight: 18.7 grams. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: amethyst, 22.68 carats; diamond, 4.02 carats.
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Origin: France, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, light surface wear to enamel visible under 10x magnification. Weight: 9.9 gr. Approximate Total Diamond Weight: 1.52 cts.
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Origin: America, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 17/32” x 3/4”. Weight: 10.4 gr.
$595.00
Origin: America, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent, all original. Dimensions: front faces, 3/4" x 9/16"; back faces, 7/16" x 9/16". Weight: 7.5 grams.
$295.00
Origin: America, 1907. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 3-1/8” x 2-3/8”.
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- Origin: America, ca. 1920
- Condition: excellent, all original
- Dimensions: shank tapering from 5/32” at the back to 1/2" wide at the front; 1/4” height from finger
- Finger Size: 9-1/2
- Weight: 8.29 grams
- Approximate Amethyst Weight: 4.11 carats
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Origin: Europe, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, no monograms, two extremely shallow dings on the back cover (only visible from the inside). Dimensions: 11/16” x 1-3/16” (excluding bail and jump ring). Weight: 6.1 gr. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: ruby, .03 ct; sapphire, .10 ct; diamond, .13 ct.
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Ca. 1910. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 5/8" x 5/16". Weight: 6.6 grams. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: 5.78 carats.
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Origin: Europe, circa 1920. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 4" long, 3/8" wide. Weight: 11.0 grams. Approximate Total Diamond Weight: 2.16 carats.
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Origin: America, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent, all original. Dimensions: 5/8 in. diameter. Weight: 7.9 grams. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: .10 carat.
$4,950.00
- Origin: French import marks, but likely American, ca. 1910
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 3/4" wide
- Finger Size: 5-3/4” (easily sizeable)
- Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: sapphire, 1.86 ct; diamond, .89 ct
- Weight: 5.4 grams
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Ca. 1920. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: front faces, 1/2” x 1/2"; back faces, 13/16” long. Weight: 7.4 grams. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: diamond, 1.0 ct; sapphire, .53 ct.
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Origin: Continental Europe, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 9/16” diameter. Weight: 8.2 gr. Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: diamond, .08 ct; ruby, .62 ct.
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Origin: France, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent; original clasp and pinstem. Dimensions: 1-1/16” x 1-1/16”. Weight: 8.3 gr. Approximate Total Diamond Weight: 1.46 cts.
$1250.00
Origin: Continental Europe, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent. Size: spheres, 3/8" diameter; bars, 3/4" long. Weight: 7.4 gr. Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .70 ct.
$895.00
NOTE: Bloodstone is very difficult to photograph due to its dark coloration. Some of the photos shown here were backlit to show the translucency of the stones, but in normal lighting the appear opaque greenish-black with subtle red mottling.
- Origin: America, ca 1905
- Dimensions: faces, 3/4" x 9/16”
- Weight: 8.8 grams
$1,195.00
- Origin: possibly England or America, ca. 1910.
- Dimensions: faces, 9/16” diameter.
- Approximate Total Sapphire Weight: 1.12 carat.
- Weight: 8.7 grams.
- Condition: excellent; all original; no dings or chips.
$2,495.00
- 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