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All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1492664
Kensington House Antiques
$225.00
A classic late Victorian gold padlock clasp. These were used mostly for bracelets but could also be used with necklaces. Today, they are often worn as charms or in their original function. In Victorian jewelry symbolism, padlocks represented the unbreakable bonds of love. The padlock with stamped with the English 9ct mark, but the jump tests as 14K gold.
  • Origin: England, ca. 1900
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 9/16” x 13/16” (1-1/16” with jump ring)
  • Weight: 2.0 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1920 item #1492665
Kensington House Antiques
$3,875.00
A very heavy late Victorian 14K rose gold watch chain completed with a matching t-bar. The curb link chain is completed with a t-bar, a dog clip, and a 1-1/2” length of chain to suspend a fob. The chain is stamped repeatedly with the Imperial Russian mark for 56 zolotnik gold (a tad purer than 14K) used 1898-1908.
  • Origin: Russia, 1898-1908
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 12-3/8” long (dog clip to t-bar); 1-1/2” long (suspension bail to fob bail)
  • Weight: 50.2 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1960 item #1492667
Kensington House Antiques
$1,495.00
A 14K gold folding portrait locket in the shape of a lucky four-leaf clover. The leaves are decorated with engraved and brushed finishes to create the details and center an amethyst sphere set in prongs. The back cover is simply decorated in a brushed texture. The locket opens to reveal compartments with oval openings for four photos, making it ideal for a mother of four, or a mother of three who likes her husband as much as her kids! The interior is stamped 14K. The clover can be worn as a pendant or as a charm on a chunky bracelet.
  • Origin: America, ca 1950
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 1” x 1” (excluding bail”
  • Weight: 12.1 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1920 item #1492668
Kensington House Antiques
$775.00
Art Nouveau 14K Gold, Mississippi River Pearl & Diamond Pendant/ Pin An elegant Art Nouveau daisy pendant/pin, the petals formed from elongated Mississippi River pearls arranged around a textured gold disc studded with an old European cut diamond. The pearls have attractive luster and the diamond is I color and VS2 clarity. The back retains the original folding pendant bail and pinstem/clasp. The back is marked 14K and is stamped with the maker’s mark for Crossman & Co.
  • Origin: America, ca 1910
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 1” diameter
  • Weight: 5.7 grams
  • Approximate Diamond Weight: .06 carat
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Pre 1990 item #1492669
Kensington House Antiques
$2,850.00
A handsome 18K yellow gold ring featuring a row of three vivid green emeralds. The stones are simply bead-set with a bit of engraving to add a little sparkle to the setting. The crown and shank have a plain polished finish. The emeralds have very fine color graded as “very slightly bluish-green, medium dark tone, vivid saturation (vsbG6/6). Inclusions are typical of emeralds originating in Columbia. The interior of the shank is stamped with English 18K gold hallmarks for London, 2003. The maker’s mark is “GD&S” for G. Davison & Sons.
  • Origin: England, 2003
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: crown 13/16” x 3/8”; shank tapering to 7/32” at the back
  • Finger Size: 11-1/2
  • Weight: 14.2 grams
  • Approximate Total Emerald Weight: 1.43 carats
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1940 item #1492670
Kensington House Antiques
$3,600.00
A superb 14K gold hinged bangle featuring a graduated row of oval brilliant cut amethysts with a pair of round brilliant diamonds separating each stone. The amethysts are of exceptional quality rivalling the finest Siberian stones mined in the 19th century. They have a deeply saturated violet color and show no color zoning. The diamonds are estimated at G color, VVS2 clarity and are set in white gold to further enhance their sparkle. The clasp is stamped 14K. The safety chain has a clasp so the bracelet can be opened fully for ease of putting on and taking off.
  • Origin: America, ca. 1930
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 7/16” wide tapering to 7/32” at the back; 6-1/2” circumference
  • Weight: 28.7 grams
  • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: amethyst, 14.99 carats; diamond, .60 carats
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1492696
Kensington House Antiques
$225.00
A nicely detailed 14K gold anchor pendant. In Victorian jewelry, the anchor was meant to convey a sense of hope, security and steadfastness. This classic example is enhanced with a detailed spiral or rope and sharp prongs. The piece is large enough to wear as a pendant or could be used as a charm on a chunky bracelet. Stamped “14K.”
  • Origin: America, ca 1890
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 11/16” x 1-1/8 (excluding jump ring)
  • Weight: 1.9 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1920 item #1492697
Kensington House Antiques
$2,895.00
An elegant Art Nouveau 14K yellow gold bangle bracelet featuring a row of five collet-set amethysts separated by gold floral and foliage sprays. The amethysts have good saturated color free of zoning and are nicely matched. The bangle is hinged so it is easy to put on and remove. Tested and guaranteed 14K gold.
  • Origin: America, ca 1910
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 13/32” wide; 6-5/16” circumference
  • Weight: 15.6 grams
  • Approximate Total Amethyst Weight: 4.09 carats
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1492698
Kensington House Antiques
$1,950.00
A nice Victorian 14K gold by-pass bangle bracelet, the top adorned with a spray of wheat set with turquoise cabochons and tiny seed pearls. In the Victorian era, sprays of wheat were intended to represent “posperity.” At a time when a woman’s fortunes depended entirely upon those of her husband, a bracelet such as this may have been gifted for the wedding as a hope for the bride’s future prosperity. The bangle is hinged, so it is easy to put on and remove. Tested and guaranteed 14K gold.
  • Origin: America, ca. 1880
  • Condition: excellent, a couple of pinpoint dings on the side right next to the push-clasp
  • Dimensions:1/2” wide; 6-1/8” circumference
  • Weight: 17.2 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Deco : Pre 1930 item #1492699
Kensington House Antiques
$795.00
A beautiful Art Deco 18K white gold three-stone ring set with peridots. The setting is finely worked in an Art Deco interpretation of a classic acanthus leaf design. The workmanship is ornate enough that the setting appears to be a filigree mounting upon initial inspection. The peridots have fine coloring, clarity and brilliance. The center stone is 1.58 carats and is flanked on either side by a 1.10 carat stone. The shank is stamped “18K.”
  • Origin: America, ca 1925
  • Condition: excellent
  • Finger Size: 7-1/4
  • Dimensions: crown, 13-16” x 5/16”
  • Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: 3.78 carats
  • Weight: 5.0 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Period : Pre 1960 item #1493156
Kensington House Antiques
$1,575.00
A heavy vintage Italian charm or pendant worked in 18K yellow gold and set with amethysts. The gold surfaces are embellished with rope twists and beaded appliques. The amethysts have intense violet coloring with even saturation. Tested and guaranteed 18K gold.
  • Origin: Italy, ca 1955
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 1-1/8” x 1-3/8” (excluding bail)
  • Weight: 16.7 grams
  • Approximate Total Amethyst Weight: 10.43 carats
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #1493158
Kensington House Antiques
$1,950.00
A classic Edwardian 14K gold double Albert watch chain in a flat curb link design. The chain is completed with a moustache-shaped bar and a larger open link that could accommodate a fob or two. The chain and bar are hallmarked 14K by J. Jacoves of New York. The chain is also marked “1916.”
  • Origin: America, ca 1916
  • Condition: excellent, the spring-ring clasp has been replaced with a gold-filled clasp, but the swivel dog-clip is original and 14K
  • Dimensions: 15-1/2” long (dog-clip to spring-ring); 2-1/2” long (chain to t-bar)
  • Weight: 23.0 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1920 item #1493159
Kensington House Antiques
$2,475.00
A nice late Victorian 14k rose gold single Albert watch chain comprising shortened trombone links alternating with circular links, leading to a simple t-bar. A short length of chain suspends a spring-ring clasp to hang a fob. The inside of the dog clip is stamped 14K and the chain tests 14K.
  • Origin: America, ca. 1900
  • Condition: excellent; minor wear to the spring-ring clasp
  • Dimensions: 11-1/4” (dog clip to t-bar); 1-3/8” suspension bail to spring-ring)
  • Weight: 24.6 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Retro : Pre 1950 item #1493160
Kensington House Antiques
$775.00
An elegant late Retro period, three-color gold ring set with rubies. The surface is worked in a pattern of white gold rose blossoms with rose gold accents against a stippled yellow gold background finished with a rose gold scalloped border. Each rose is set at the center with a small round ruby. The interior is stamped “14K.” Extra-wide rings such as this are referred to as “cigar band rings” because of their resemblance to the wide paper band on a fine cigar. They are easy to wear and mesh nicely with other rings.
  • Origin: America, ca. 1950
  • Condition: excellent, minor wear to ruby surfaces typical for the period
  • Dimensions: 15/32” wide
  • Finger Size: 6-3/4
  • Weight: 7.4 grams
  • Approximate Total Ruby Weight: .08 carat
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1493161
Kensington House Antiques
$2,295.00
An elegant Victorian 18K gold curb link bracelet enhanced at the center with a diamond rosette. The rosette features a prong-set old European diamond of .30 carat surrounded by ten mine cut diamonds in petal shaped settings. The center diamond is graded as I color, VS2 clarity. The curb links are finished with a ribbed texture that gives them a soft shimmer. The tongue of the box clasp is marked “18Ct.”
  • Origin: England, ca 1900
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: rosette diameter, 7/16” circumference, 6-1/8”
  • Weight: 7.3 grams
  • Approximate Total Diamond Weight: .40 carat
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #1493162
Kensington House Antiques
$2,875.00
A beautifully worked 14K gold chain, each link fashioned as a three-point ivy leaf. The links are attached to one another with curling vine tendrils. In Victorian floriography (the language of flowers), ivy leaves variously conveyed the sentiments of friendship, affection, fidelity or wedded love. Generally, friendship and affection seem to have been the most common sentiments. The clasp is marked “14K.”
  • Origin: America, ca. 1900
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 15-3/8” long; 7/8” wide
  • Weight: 27.0 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Designer Signed : Pre 1970 item #1493164
Kensington House Antiques
$16,500.00
A stunning bracelet from Van Cleef & Arpels’ “Twist” line launched in 1962. Van Cleef’s jewels of that period took on a new lightness of mood from those of the previous decade. Color and a sense of movement became ever more important. The “Twist” bracelet matches flexible gold mesh with gold beads along the edge, cultured cultured pearls and coral beads to create a casual yet stately jewel that looks at home with jeans or a gown. The ingenious clasp is as small as possible to preserve the effect of a single torsade encircling the wrist. The Twist line was made with coral, lapis and onyx, and in addition to bracelets, included necklaces and clip earrings. The bracelet is fully marked with French 18K gold stamps and is stamped with the serial number 14.491 and “V.C.A. 62.” There is also the master goldsmith’s mark for Roger Stoffel of Stoffel et Cie, a workshop that created jewels for Van Cleef, Cartier, and Jean Schlumberger in the 1960s.
  • Origin: France, 1962
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: 9/16” wide; 8” long
  • Weight: 14.2 grams
All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Art Nouveau : Pre 1900 item #1497130
Kensington House Antiques
$235.00
A French Art Nouveau 18K gold and diamond stickpin in the form of a mythological beast, perhaps a serpent-like dragon called a “vouivre,” which was reputed to be particularly vicious but easily terrified by naked humans . The creature grasps a small rose cut diamond in its open jaws. Mythological beasts of all sorts were particularly popular in French Art Nouveau jewelry. The pin stem bears French 18K gold hallmarks.
  • Origin: France, ca. 1890
  • Condition: excellent
  • Dimensions: head, 9/16” x 3/4"; overall length, 2-11/16”
  • Weight: 1.6 g.
  • Approximate Diamond Weight: .03 ct.