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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1970 item #1484426
Kensington House Antiques
$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
Kensington House Antiques
$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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Sale Pending
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
Kensington House Antiques
$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
Kensington House Antiques
$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
Kensington House Antiques
$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 : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1483676
Kensington House Antiques
$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
Kensington House Antiques
$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
Kensington House Antiques
$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
Kensington House Antiques
$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
Kensington House Antiques
$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
Kensington House Antiques
$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
Kensington House Antiques
$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